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After spending most of his life living with the help of an iron lung, lawyer Paul Alexander died on Monday. He was 78. In 1952, at the age of six, Alexander was taken to the hospital after ...
How inspirational iron lung man Paul Alexander graduated from university, qualified as a lawyer, hit strip clubs, got engaged and spent eight years writing a book using a stick in his mouth while ...
Paul Alexander, who has died aged 78, managed to attend university, publish a memoir, qualify as a lawyer and even represent clients in court, despite living for more than seven decades in an iron ...
The extraordinary life of man in iron lung who practiced as a lawyer and ‘loved wine and women’ Joe Middleton looks at the life of Paul Alexander, who spent 70 years in an iron lung before ...
Paul Alexander died March 11. He had spent over 70 years in an iron lung after contracting polio as a young child. ... What could Paul Alexander, who earned a law degree, ...
How Paul Alexander lived in iron lung for 70 years but still fell in love and became a lawyer Known as 'Polio Paul', Paul Alexander inspired millions with his message that ‘you can truly do ...
A man who spent 70 years living inside a metal chamber to help him breathe, has died aged 78. Paul Alexander was widely known as "the man in the iron lung" and was also a lawyer and author ...
Polio struck Paul Alexander in 1952, when he was just 6 years old. Within days, the disease robbed him of the use of his body. But he fought through the illness, using an iron lung for more than ...
Paul Alexander, who died at 78, was paralyzed with polio at age 6 and relied on the machine to breathe. Still, he was able to earn a law degree, write a book and, late in life, build a following ...
Paul Alexander, also known as “The Man in the Iron Lung,” died on Monday at the age of 78, according to a GoFundMe created by Christopher Ulmer, who met and interviewed Alexander in 2022.