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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 ...
An iron lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator, ... On March 11, 2024, Paul Alexander of Dallas, Texas, United States, died at the age of 78. He had been ...
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 ...
The polio survivor spent more than 70 years being kept alive by the medical device.
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 ...
Mason was affected with polio at age 11 and spent the remainder of her life in an iron lung. She wrote a memoir, Breath: Life in the Rhythm of an Iron Lung, which was published in 2003. [72] Rosalind Miles: born 1943: Author of fiction and non-fiction books. She caught polio, aged four, and spent several months in an iron lung. [73] Peter ...
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 ...