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Paul Richard Alexander 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 ...
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BBC News. 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 a large metal tube, with only...
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.
The world has lost an extraordinary individual, Paul Alexander, who defied all odds by living for over 70 years inside an iron lung after contracting polio a...
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To the world, Dallas native Paul Alexander was known as "the man in the iron lung" or "polio Paul," but to his younger brother, Philip, Paul was a role model.
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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 · Paul Alexander, known as Polio Paul, spent 70 years living in an iron lung after contracting polio before his death aged 78.
