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Alexander died in Dallas on March 11, 2024, at age 78. [1] [13] Although he had been hospitalized for COVID-19 in February, the actual cause of death was unclear. [14] [13] [15] He was one of the last two people still using the technology, alongside Martha Lillard, who first entered an iron lung in 1953. [16]
Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said.He was 78. ...
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.
Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to his brother Philip ...
Author of fiction and non-fiction books. She caught polio, aged four, and spent several months in an iron lung. [73] Peter Preston: 1938-2018: Journalist and former editor of The Guardian. He caught polio shortly after his father who died in a couple of days. Preston needed an iron lung to survive and was frequently in hospital for the next 18 ...
Iron lungs were also used in the UK. The last person to use an iron lung in the UK died in December 2017, aged 75. “I knew if I was going to do anything with my life, it was going to have to be ...
Dianne Odell (February 13, 1947 [1] – May 28, 2008) was a Tennessee woman who spent most of her life in an iron lung. [2] She contracted bulbospinal polio at age 3 in 1950 and was confined to an iron lung for the rest of her life. Due to a spinal deformity caused by the polio, she was unable to change to a portable breathing device introduced ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.