Texas man who used an iron long for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78

Texas man who used an iron long for decades after contracting polio as a child dies at 78

In this Friday, April 27, 2018 photo, attorney Paul Alexander looks out from inside his iron lung at his home in Dallas. Alexander died Monday at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend.

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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