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  1. 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.

  2. 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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  3. Mar 13, 2024 · Paul Richard Alexander was born on Jan. 30, 1946, in Dallas to Gus Nicholas Alexander and Doris Marie Emmett. After playing outside on a summer day in 1952, he came home with a 102-degree fever, a ...

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  4. Mar 13, 2024 · Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78. March 13, 202412:18 PM ET. By. Bill Chappell. Enlarge this image. Paul Alexander, who held a Guinness World Record for living ...

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  5. Mar 24, 2024 · By Catherine Snowdon,BBC News. Philip Alexander. Philip Alexander with his brother Paul, in his iron lung machine. Paul Alexander was six years old when he woke, terrified, to find himself inside ...

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  6. Mar 13, 2024 · "Paul Alexander, 'The Man in the Iron Lung', passed away yesterday," a post on a fundraising website said. "In this time Paul went to college, became a lawyer, and a published author. "Paul was an ...

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  8. Mar 13, 2024 · Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralysed from the neck down. The disease left him unable to breathe independently, leading doctors to place him in the metal ...

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