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 ...

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 ...

Aug. 16—EAST GRAND FORKS — For Sidney Berard, 94, the iron lung displayed during the recent Heritage Days in East Grand Forks ignited vivid memories from more than 70 years ago. Berard was among a ...

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 ...

In this photo from April 27, 2018, attorney Paul Alexander looks out from inside his iron lung at his home in Dallas. Alexander died Monday, March 11, 2024, at a Dallas hospital.(Smiley N. Pool / The ...