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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 ...
May 26, 2024 · Before his death in March 2024 at the age of 78, Paul Alexander earned a law degree, wrote a memoir, and rose to fame on social media — all while using an iron lung to breathe. The life of Paul Alexander could easily be viewed as one of tragedy: A man who could not breathe on his own, paralyzed from the neck down for seven decades due to polio.
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.
Mar 13, 2024 · Paul 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...
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.
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 · 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 13, 2024 · 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.
Mar 13, 2024 · Polio struck Paul Alexander in 1952, when he was just 6 years old. Within days, the disease robbed him of the use of his body. But he fought through the illness, using an iron lung for more than 70 years — and inspiring people with his determination to live a full life.
