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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. Alexander earned a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was admitted to the bar in 1986. He self ...
Paul Alexander, 78, spent more than 70 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952. Despite the challenges, Alexander still managed to make significant strides in ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
Six-year-old Paul Alexander was enjoying playing outside with his brother when he started to feel unwell, with a pounding headache, aching neck and rapidly developing fever.
Paul E. Alexander, Canadian health researcher; Paul Lir Alexander (born c. 1956), Brazilian drug lord; Paul Alexander (American football) (born 1960), American coach; Paul Alexander (artist) (1937–2021), American commercial artist and illustrator; Paul Alexander (polio survivor) (1946–2024), American lawyer and paralytic polio survivor
Martha Ann Lillard [1] (born June 8, 1948) is an American polio survivor who is still living in an iron lung.After Paul Alexander's death, she became the last known person to still live in an iron lung.
Paul Alexander was paralysed from the neck down after contracting the virus in 1952. He died on Monday after being taken to hospital with Covid. When he was six years old, Mr Alexander was rushed ...
June Margaret Middleton (4 May 1926 – 30 October 2009) was an Australian polio survivor who spent more than 60 years living in an iron lung for treatment of the disease. [1]