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Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six.
Mar 14, 2024 · Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to his brother Philip ...
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Mar 24, 2024 · Paul Alexander was six years old when he woke, terrified, to find himself inside a large metal tube, with only his head sticking out. He couldn't move to feel what was trapping him, and when he...
Mar 13, 2024 · After he was paralyzed by polio at age 6, Paul Alexander was confined for much of his life to a yellow iron lung that kept him alive.
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Mar 13, 2024 · The polio survivor known as "the man in the iron lung" has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralysed from the neck down. The disease...
Mar 14, 2024 · Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has died aged 78. His death was announced by his brother on Tuesday.
Mar 13, 2024 · Paul Alexander, an American man who spent more than 70 years living in an iron lung, died on Monday. He was 78. Alexander, who was also known online as ‘Iron Lung Man,’ spent the last seven...
