17-Year-Old 'Life According to Sam' Doc Subject Dies

Sam Berns -- the subject of the Oscar-shortlisted HBO documentary -- died as a result of complications from the extremely rare genetic condition progeria. Sam Berns, the charming and precocious 17-year-old subject of Sean Fine and Andrea Nix's Oscar-shortlisted documentary feature Life According to Sam -- which could score a best documentary feature Oscar nomination on Thursday morning -- died Friday at his home in Foxborough, Mass., it was announced over the weekend. The cause of his death was ...