The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the film Lorenzo's Oilhas died at his home in Virginia.
Lorenzo Odone’s father, Augusto, said his 30-year-old son died yesterday. Doctors had predicted he would not live past the age of eight.
Mr Odone said his son had come down recently with pneumonia.
Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte starred as Michaela and Augusto Odone in the 1992 film about the couple who formulated an oil that they said helped their son fight the neurological disease.
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A study published in 2005 verified that the oil could prevent the onset of symptoms.