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'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 ...
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Paul Alexander thrived while using an iron lung for decades after contracting polio as a child

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DALLAS (AP) — Confined to an iron lung after ...