Three years ago, Hayley Okines was part of a documentary chronicling her genetic condition that caused her to age prematurely. She suffered from progeria, a rare disease that ages the body eight times its normal rate.
00:00 / 01:45. Embed video. Dimensions: 320×240, 480×320, 1280×720. This advertisement ends in: 01:45. Blue Billywig Video Player. Hayley Okines, who has campaigned to raise awareness of the rare genetic condition Progeria, has died at the age of 17.
British Teen Battles 'Aging Disease'. More. Barbara Walters sat down with Hayley Okines in 2011. The teenager was diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder progeria at age 2. 5:31 | 04/03/15. Share. Title. Description. Share From. Share With. Facebook.
Hayley Okines, a campaigner whose illness caused her to age eight times faster than average, has died at the age of 17. Okines, from Bexhill, in East Sussex, became known as the "100-year-old teenager" as the rapid aging
A brave teen who raised awareness for progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes those suffering from the condition to age eight times faster than normal, died this week. Hayley Okines of East Sussex, England, died at