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Paul Alexander: ‘Man in the iron lung’ dies after living in tank for 70 years
The Independent US via AOL· 3 months agoA man who lived inside an ‘iron lung’ for seven decades after contracting polio as a child has died....
Paul Alexander, polio survivor who lived in iron lung for 70 years, dies age 78
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBlack and white image of a group of eight patients who are in iron lungs that are arranged in an...
Man who used an iron lung for decades after contracting polio dies at 78
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlexander was 6 when he began using an iron lung, a cylinder that encased his body as the air...
Paul Alexander, Who Lived in an Iron Lung for 70 Years, Dies at 78 After Contracting COVID-19
People via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlexander's social media manager shared at the end of February that he had contracted COVID-19 and...
‘Polio Paul,’ who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78
CNN via AOL· 3 months agoPaul Alexander, who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years and defied expectations by becoming...
Paul Alexander, Who Spent 70 Years in an Iron Lung, Dead at 78
E! News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOriginally appeared on E! Online The man in the iron lung has passed away after leading an...
Former Iron Chef Star and Ground Zero Hero James Kelly Undergoes Double Lung Transplant
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe sous chef developed lung disease related to exposure at the World Trade Center during 9/11 where...
Last man in U.S. living in iron lung has died. ‘You will always be ... remembered’
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe last man in the United States living in an iron lung died May 12, according to a GoFundMe...
How one man lived in an iron lung for 70 years – and wrote a book with his mouth
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFew people write their memoirs by tapping the letters on a keyboard with a pen glued to a stick...
Texas Lawyer Who Spent Most of His Life in an Iron Lung Dies
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCourtesy of Christopher Ulmer via GoFundMeAfter spending most of his life living with the help of an...