Man Who Lived in an Iron Lung Since 1953 Dies After Covid Diagnosis

Paul Alexander, a Dallas man who’s lived in an iron lung since contracting polio at the age of six, has died at 78, according to a GoFundMe page set up by a friend. An official cause of death was not announced, but Alexander’s TikTok page noted in late February that he’d been hospitalized with covid-19.

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