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, his friends and family said. He was 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 ...

In 1952, at just six years old, Paul Alexander’s life took a dramatic turn when he contracted polio during a severe outbreak in the United States. The virus left him paralyzed from the neck down, ...