The man in the iron lung has passed away after leading an extraordinary life. Paul Alexander, who was confined to living in and using a cylindrical negative-pressure ventilator for over 70 years after ...

DALLAS – Paul Alexander, a North Texas man who lived in an iron lung for most of his life, has died. According to his obituary, he died on March 11. He was 78. To the world, Dallas native Paul ...

Alexander's social media manager shared at the end of February that he had contracted COVID-19 and been "rushed to the emergency room" Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said. He was 78.

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 his ...

A Texan man dubbed “Polio Paul” is one of the last people in the world who still has an iron lung. Paul Alexander, 75, has been largely confined to the contraption since he contracted the deadly ...

He’s been dubbed “Polio Paul” and he’s been reliant on an iron lung for 70 years. The Texas man is one of the last people in the world who still has one. According to a report by the New York Post, ...

Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written for news outlets across Dallas-Fort Worth like the Denton Record-Chronicle, D Magazine, 1080 KRLD and 105.3 ...

Paul Alexander, known as "the man in the iron lung," having spent most of his life living inside a metal chamber that helped him breathe, has died aged 78, a fundraiser for his health care confirmed ...