Lorenzo Odone Dies at Age 30

Lorenzo Odone, the man whose true life story the movie Lorenzo’s Oil was based, died on May 30, 2008, at his home in Virginia.

Augusto Odone says Lorenzo Odone, his son, had come down recently with pneumonia.

Doctors had predicted he would die when he was 8, but Lorenzo had another opportunity of life thanks to his father Augusto Odone.

Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte starred as Michaela and Augusto Odone in the 1992 movie, “Lorenzo’s Oil”. They formulated an oil that they said helped their son fight the neurological disease.

A study published in 2005 verified that the oil could prevent the onset of symptoms.

Here is the Lorenzo’s Oil Movie Trailer:

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