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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.
May 26, 2024 · Updated May 27, 2024. Before his death in March 2024 at the age of 78, Paul Alexander earned a law degree, wrote a memoir, and rose to fame on social media — all while using an iron lung to breathe.
Mar 24, 2024 · Paul Alexander was six years old when he woke, terrified, to find himself inside a large metal tube, with only his head sticking out.
Mar 13, 2024 · 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...
Mar 14, 2024 · A polio survivor, who lived inside an iron lung for 70 years, has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander, widely known as "Polio Paul", contracted the viral disease in the summer of 1952 when he ...
Mar 13, 2024 · BBC News. The polio survivor known as "the man in the iron lung" has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, leaving him paralysed from the neck down.
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 to his brother Philip ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Paul Alexander, who spent the vast majority of the past 70 years in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has died aged 78. His death was announced by his brother on Tuesday.
Mar 15, 2024 · Paul Alexander, a polio survivor who became known as "the man in the iron lung" died on Monday, aged 78. He contracted polio as a boy, leaving him paralysed from the neck down.
TIME magazine covers the life and death of Paul Alexander, who lived with polio in an iron lung for decades.
