A 78-year-old man who had been living inside an iron lung since surviving polio in the 1950s has passed away. The medical device didn’t stop Alexander from becoming a lawyer and opening his own ...

DALLAS -- Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according to ...

Aug. 16—EAST GRAND FORKS — For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ignited vivid memories from more than 70 years ago. Berard was among a ...

Paul Alexander, a man who lived in an iron lung for most of his life, has died. He was 78. The cause of death for Alexander has not been revealed. Several weeks ago, his social media manager shared a ...

In this photo from April 27, 2018, attorney Paul Alexander looks out from inside his iron lung at his home in Dallas. Alexander died Monday, March 11, 2024, at a Dallas hospital.(Smiley N. Pool / The ...

DALLAS — The family of Paul Alexander, the longest living iron lung patient in history, is hoping the machine that helped Paul can be salvaged for another purpose. Alexander, 78, died last week after ...

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 died on ...