Paul Alexander, a Texas man who spent more than 70 years using an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has died at the age of 78.
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Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend of Alexander’s, said he died Monday in a dallas hospital.
contracted polio in his childhood and the illness left him paralyzed from the neck down. Since then she has exceeded life’s expectations with a determination that those around her have described as inspiring.
Spinks called his friend “one of the stars brightest in the world“.
Friends of Alexander, who graduated from law school and had a career as lawyerthey say he was a man who showed a great joy for life.
Alexander had 6 years when you started using a iron lunga cylinder that covered his body and caused the pressure in the chamber to force air in and out of his lungs.