‘He loved wine, good food and women.’ This week, it was announced that Paul Alexander, who achieved fame across the world as the ‘man in the iron lung’, had died at the age of 78. Alexander had lived inside a 600lbs iron lung for seven decades after polio left him paralysed in 1952, when he […]

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A man who lived inside an iron lung for more than 70 years learned a new way of breathing. This week, it was announced that Paul Alexander, who achieved fame across the world as the ‘man in the iron lung’, had died at the age of 78. Alexander had lived inside a 600lbs iron lung […]

2 years ago