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Sammy Basso, the longest-living person with the rare genetic disease progeria, passed away at 28, the Italian Progeria Association announced on Sunday. Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, causes rapid aging in children, leading to a life expectancy of just 13.5 years without treatment. Basso, born in 1995 in Schio, Italy, was diagnosed with progeria…