A man who attracted a large following and inspired millions with the story of his life in an iron lung has died at 78. Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander ...

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 ...

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, ...

The last man in the United States living in an iron lung died May 12, according to a GoFundMe account set up on his behalf. Alexander contracted polio in 1956 when he was just 6 years old. Despite ...

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 ...

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 ...

DALLAS — A Dallas man who spent more than 70 years in an iron lung after a childhood polio diagnosis has died. Paul Alexander, who was 78, died Monday, according to his obituary with the Grove Hill ...

(CNN) — 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 ...