Texas man who used an iron long for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78
- March 13, 2024
DALLAS — A Texas man who spent most of his 78 years using an iron lung chamber and built a large following on social media, recounting his life from contracting polio in the 1940s to earning a law degree, has died.
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