A man who lived inside an ‘iron lung’ for seven decades after contracting polio as a child has died. Paul Alexander was paralysed from the neck down after contracting the virus in 1952. He died on ...

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 ...

Paul Alexander: held the Guinness World Record for daily use of an iron lung for the longest period - GOFUNDME Paul Alexander, who has died aged 78, managed to attend university, publish a memoir, ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

A 78-year-old man who had been living inside an iron lung since surviving polio in the 1950s has passed away. The medical device didn’t stop Alexander from becoming a lawyer and opening his own ...