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Snipes Peedie Biography

American male victim of progeria, the aging disease. Unable to keep food down for days after he was born, Snipes weighed only 21 lbs. at the age of four. His hair had begun to fall out at the age of one. He cut his adult teeth when he was two, had age spots and cataracts at three and by the time he was 13, had arthritis and was pushing the limits of old age. A normal teenager inside, he enjoyed talking to girls on the phone, playing video games and had a cherry red go-kart. Upbeat, optimistic and always hopeful that they could find some medical treatment to slow the disease, he died of old age at 14 on 3/08/1992, 22:32, Durham, NC.. Read less