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 ...

“Polio Paul” Alexander spent his final days battling COVID while struggling to eat and drink, his social media manager has revealed. The polio survivor, famed for spending more than 70 years inside an ...

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 ...

(Gray News) – Paul Alexander, one of the last people who lived inside an iron lung, has died, according to reports. He was 78 years old. Paul Alexander contracted polio when he was 6 years old in 1952 ...