Paul Alexander (polio survivor) - Wikipedia
Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six. Alexander earned a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was admitted to the bar in 1986.
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, …
Mar 14, 2024 · Paul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming a lawyer and author, died Monday afternoon at the age of 78, according...
This polio survivor is one of the last still using an iron lung ...
Oct 25, 2021 · To this day, Lillard is one of the last people in the U.S. who still depends on an iron lung to survive. Polio is a potentially life-threatening disease, once among the world's most feared....
Longest surviving iron lung patient was kept alive by a machine …
Mar 21, 2023 · Originally developed in the late ‘20s by the Australian physician James Carrel, iron lungs used to be the only hope for paralytic polio patients: after their lungs collapsed, the survivors were entirely reliant on the machine and their caretakers to survive.
The man in the iron lung: How Paul Alexander lived life to the full - BBC
When he died recently at the age of 78, Paul had spent more than seven decades using his iron lung, longer than anyone else in history. But what was it that marked him out from so many of his...
Man in an iron lung since age 6 dies at 78 : NPR
Mar 13, 2024 · Paul Alexander, who held a Guinness World Record for living the longest with the help of an iron lung, has died. Here, medical staff stand among iron lung machines in an emergency polio...
Lawyer, Author and TikTok Star Spent 72 Years in an Iron Lung
Mar 13, 2024 · After he was paralyzed by polio at age 6, Paul Alexander was confined for much of his life to a yellow iron lung that kept him alive. He was not expected to survive after that...
Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years ...
Mar 13, 2024 · Paul Alexander, an American man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years after catching polio, has died at age 78. Alexander caught the viral disease when he was 6 years old, in the...
Paul Alexander, who lived in iron lung for most of life, dies at 78
Mar 13, 2024 · Alexander, who lived the vast majority of his life in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child in 1952, died Monday in Dallas. He was 78. Alexander earned his bachelor’s and law degrees...
Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78
Mar 13, 2024 · 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 70 years — and inspiring people with his determination to live a full life. He painted, wrote a book and worked for years as an attorney.