‘She touched hearts’: Teen with rare premature aging disease dies at 18
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A UK mom is mourning the loss of her “strong-willed” daughter, who passed away at age 18 from a rare “Benjamin Button” disease that left her with the body of someone eight times her age. “Everyone loved and adored that little girl. She touched their hearts so much with her willpower,” Phoebe Louise Smith told Kennedy News of her loss. #AshantiSmith #18 #Hutchinson-GilfordProgeriaSyndrome #rare #congenitalcondition #health #died #2021