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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, of Dallas, Texas ... The last person to use an iron lung in the UK died in December 2017, aged 75. ... frequent epidemics saw polio become one of the most feared diseases in the world.
Joe Middleton looks at the life of Paul Alexander, who spent 70 years in an iron lung before passing away at 78 The extraordinary life of man in iron lung who practiced as a lawyer and ‘loved ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
"My last words to you, my son and successor, are: Never trust the Russians." [3] — Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1 October 1901), to Habibullah Khan "Come right out this way." [7] [8] — William Thomas Maxwell, American tracker and deputized sheriff (8 October 1901), telling the Smith Gang to surrender prior to the Battleground ...
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.
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.