Paul Alexander

Paul Alexander, widely known as "Polio Paul", contracted the viral disease in the summer of 1952 when he was six years old and was left paralysed from the ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Remembering the extraordinary life of Paul Richard Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years. A true inspiration.

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.

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

Paul Alexander was one of the last people to use an iron lung, having been left unable to breathe on his own after catching polio in the 1950s.

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

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 ...

To survive, he was put ...

Who was the man who lived in the iron lung? Mr Alexander contracted polio in 1952 and was paralysed from the neck down. He was six years old when he began using ...

"More than anything, I believe he would want others to know they are capable of great things," Alexander's friend Christopher Ulmer told NPR.

Alexander earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, and built a big following on social media and inspired people around the globe with his positive ...