Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander faced many challenges since he was born in 1946. He endured the worst polio outbreak in US history with almost 58000 cases - mostly children.

A fundraiser for his healthcare confirmed Alexander, of Dallas, Texas, passed away on Monday. Alexander spent a lifetime in the iron lung after contracting ...

Paul Alexander, of Dallas, Texas, was paralysed by polio in 1952 and spent the rest of his life living in an iron lung.

Iron lung man, widely known as Polio Paul, dies aged 78 after spending 70 years living in a tank.

A man who lived in an iron lung for 70 years after contracting polio as a child has died.

Paul Alexander, widely known as "the man in the iron lung," having spent most of his life living inside a metal chamber to help him breathe, has died aged ...

Alexander's social media manager shared at the end of February that he had contracted COVID-19 and been "rushed to the emergency room".

Alexander was forced to live inside the 600-pound metallic structure after being struck by polio at the age of six. | World News.

Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralysed from the neck down. The disease left him unable to breathe independently, leading ...

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, ...

Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.

Mr. Alexander, who was stricken with polio at age 6, earned a law degree and wrote a 2020 memoir about his life using the iron lung chamber to help him ...

Paul Alexander died March 11. He had spent over 70 years in an iron lung after contracting polio as a young child.

Paul Alexander, who was also known online as 'Iron Lung Man,' spent seven decades living in an iron lung after contracting polio when he was a child in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A paralyzed Texas man who lived 70 years inside an iron lung after he survived polio as a child has died, his family said.

Polio survivor, recognised as 'longest iron lung patient' after using one for 70 years, became an inspirational figure.

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 ...

Texas man with polio who spent nearly all of his 78 years using an iron lung has died, longtime friend says.

To survive, he was put ...