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Meine Philosophie für ein glückliches Leben | Sam Berns | TEDxMidAtlantic

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Sam Berns |

TEDxMidAtlantic 2013

• October 2013

Bei Sam wurde im Alter von zwei Jahren Progerie diagnostiziert, eine seltene, rasante Alterungskrankheit. In dieser inspirierenden Rede teilt er seine Philosophie für ein glückliches Leben.

Bei Sam wurde im Alter von zwei Jahren Progerie diagnostiziert, eine seltene, rasante Alterungskrankheit. In dieser inspirierenden Rede teilt er seine Philosophie für ein glückliches Leben.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMidAtlantic 2013, an independent event.

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Sam Berns

Activist

Before his death in 2014, Sam Berns was a musician, Eagle Scout and junior at Foxboro High School in Massachusetts. Diagnosed at the age of two with a rare rapid-aging disease called progeria, he spent much of his life raising awareness about the condition, eventually doing so on a national stage in the HBO documentary, "Life According to Sam."

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxMidAtlantic 2013, an independent event.

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