Paul Alexander, man who lived with an iron lung for 70 years, dies at 78
A man who had spent about seven decades using an iron lung chamber has died at the age of 78.
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A man who had spent about seven decades using an iron lung chamber has died at the age of 78.
Polio was once one of the nation's most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis. The disease primarily affects children.
A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a law degree, has died.
A Texas man who spent decades using an iron lung after contracting polio as a child has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander's longtime friend Daniel Spinks says
Despite being paralysed from the neck down Paul Alexander studied for degrees in economics and law.