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Bookmark or Share- Paul Alexander (polio survivor) - WikipediaPaul 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.
- Texas Man Who Lived 70 Years in an Iron Lung Dies at 78: 'I Never Gave ...Almost completely paralyzed from the neck down, Alexander, who died on March 11 at age 78, spent much of the next seven decades in a large steel ventilator known as an iron lung. He was one...
- Paul Alexander, polio survivor in iron lung for over 70 years, dies at ...Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said. He was 78.
- Man in an iron lung since age 6 dies at 78 : NPRPaul Alexander, who held a Guinness World Record for living the longest with the help of an iron lung, has died. Here, medical staff stand among iron lung machines in an emergency polio ward at...
- Paul Alexander: ‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 ... - CNNPaul 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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