A man who lived inside an ‘iron lung’ for seven decades after contracting polio as a child has died. Paul Alexander was paralysed from the neck down after contracting the virus in 1952. He died on ...

A man known for living his life in an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio as a child has died. Paul Alexander, also known as “The Man in the Iron Lung,” died on Monday at the age of 78 ...

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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 ...

Paul Alexander, an American man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years after catching polio, has died at age 78. Alexander caught the viral disease when he was 6 years old, in the summer of ...

(CNN) — 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 ...