Paul Alexander, known as "The Man in the Iron Lung," passed away at 78 after living over 70 years in the apparatus. His death was confirmed by a healthcare fundraiser organizer. Alexander, who was ...

Six-year-old Paul Alexander was enjoying playing outside with his brother when he started to feel unwell, with a pounding headache, aching neck and rapidly developing fever. He trudged home for dinner ...

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 ...

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. Despite the challenges, ...

Paul Alexander, "The Man in the Iron Lung" and Dallas resident, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month. He was 78 years old. Alexander lived inside an iron lung for more than 70 ...

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DALLAS — 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 ...

Start slideshow Paul Alexander photographed in 2017 by Gizmodo in the iron lung that he spent almost every moment of the day inside. Paul Alexander, a Dallas man who’s lived in an iron lung since ...

Rafaela Alexander, emotionally kneels by the burial site of her brother-in-law during the burial service of Paul Alexander, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at Grove Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJW) – Paul Alexander, known as “The Man in ...