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Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and author. He contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six and spent the vast majority of his life in an iron lung for more than 70 years.
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.
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
Alexander was declared the longest surviving iron lung patient last March by the Guinness World Records.He contracted polio during an epidemic of the debilitating disease in the 1950s as a child ...
Martha Ann Lillard [1] (born June 8, 1948) is an American polio survivor who lives in an iron lung.After Paul Alexander's death, she became the last known person to still live in an iron lung.
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Joe Middleton looks at the life of Paul Alexander, who spent 70 years in an iron lung before passing away at 78 ... “He loved good food, wine, women, long conversations, and laughing. ...
Guinness World Records from its inception in 1955, began maintaining a list of the verified oldest people. [5] It developed into a list of all supercentenarians whose lifespan had been verified by at least three documents, in a standardized process, according to the norms of modern longevity research.