Rafaela Alexander, emotionally kneels by the burial site of her brother-in-law during the burial service of Paul Alexander, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at Grove Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park in ...

The last man to live in an iron lung died in Dallas on Monday. Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952. Despite the challenges, ...

The last man in the United States living in an iron lung died May 12, according to a GoFundMe account set up on his behalf. Alexander contracted polio in 1956 when he was just 6 years old. Despite ...

In this Friday, April 27, 2018, photo, attorney Paul Alexander chats with caregiver and friend Kathryn Gaines as he drinks coffee and she eats breakfast beside his iron lung at his home in Dallas.

DALLAS -- Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to ...

Here’s what readers are saying in Wednesday’s letters to the editor. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, ...

Iron Lung trailer breakdown of Markiplier’s game adaptation: plot, key shots, cast, production details, and the theatrical release set for January 30, 2026.

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