ABC 7 Chicago

'Polio Paul,' Texas man who spent most of the past 70 years in an iron lung, dies at 78

DALLAS -- 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 ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

Man who lived in an iron lung for over 70 years has died

Paul Alexander, "The Man in the Iron Lung" and Dallas resident, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month. He was 78 years old. Alexander lived inside an iron lung for more than 70 ...