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'Polio Paul,' Texas man who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78

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 ...
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Paul Alexander thrived while using an iron lung for decades after contracting polio as a child

DALLAS (AP) — Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about ...
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Man who used an iron lung for decades after contracting polio dies at 78

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man who spent most of ...
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Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78

Paul Alexander, an American man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years after catching polio, has died at age 78. In Alexander's case, the infection left him paralyzed from the neck down and ...
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‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78

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 his ...