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A mother says goodbye to a son ravaged by Huntington's disease

Joanna Pacini reached into the coffin and touched her son's face. For the first time in years, she saw the man she once knew. Gone was the angry Joseph Pacini who had threatened police on YouTube, the brooding, irrational son who called her Satan. He was again the handsome, successful middle child she called "Joey, my Joey."

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