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, 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 ...

Paul Alexander, an American man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years after catching polio, has died at age 78. In Alexander's case, the infection left him paralyzed from the neck down and ...

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.

A man dubbed “Polio Paul” has lived inside a 600-pound iron lung for seven decades, reportedly refusing to upgrade to a modern machine. Paul Alexander, 77, contracted polio in 1952 when he was 6 years ...

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, 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 ...