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Hayley Okines, who has campaigned to raise awareness of the rare genetic condition Progeria, has died at the age of 17.
We featured Hayley Okines a number of times on this programme - a young woman who faced the difficulties life threw at her with a great deal of humour...
Sadly she died earlier this month and her funeral was held today. Her condition caused her to age prematurely. Hayley reached the age of 17, several years longer than many people with progeria ever do.
3 kwi 2015 · April 3, 2015 ·. Follow. The family of Hayley Okines, the teenager from Bexhill who brought a rare genetic condition to worldwide attention, have spent Good Friday celebrating their daughter's short life. Hayley died in her mother's arms late yesterday evening at the age of seventeen. The condition, Progeria, caused her to age prematurely. See less
3 kwi 2015 · Hayley Okines, from Bexhill, East Sussex, became known as the 100-year-old teenager through her efforts to raise awareness of progeria. Her mother, Kerry, announced Hayley's death on Thursday...
Hayley Leanne Okines (3 December 1997 – 2 April 2015) was an English author and activist who was a sufferer of the extremely rare aging disease progeria. [3] [4] She was known for spreading awareness of the condition.
15 kwi 2015 · Hayley Okines, 17, died in East Sussex earlier this month from progeria, which causes sufferers to age eight times faster than normal.
