Paul Alexander | |
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![]() Alexander in his iron lung in 1986 | |
Born | Paul Richard Alexander January 30, 1946 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Died | March 11, 2024 Dallas, Texas, U.S. | (aged 78)
Education | Southern Methodist University University of Texas at Austin |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Known for | Last man in the iron lung Being able to breathe on his own without the iron lung for many hours |
Paul Richard Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American paralytic polio survivor, lawyer and writer. The last man to live in an iron lung, he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six. Alexander earned a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was admitted to the bar in 1986. He self-published a memoir in 2020.