Paul Alexander (lawyer)
American lawyer and polio survivor (1946–2024)
Paul Richard "Polio Paul" Alexander (January 30, 1946 – March 11, 2024) was an American lawyer, autobiographer and paralytic polio survivor. He was popularly known as one of the last people living in an iron lung. He got sick with polio in 1952 at the age of six.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Dallas, Texas.
Paul Alexander | |
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.jpg) Alexander in his iron lung in 1986 | |
| Born | Paul Richard Alexander January 30, 1946 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 11, 2024 (aged 78) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | Southern Methodist University University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
He self-published his memoir, Three Minutes for a Dog with Polio, in April 2020. It took him more than eight years to write it.[1]
Alexander has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the person who has spent the longest amount of time living in an iron lung.[5]
Alexander died on March 11, 2024 from COVID-19 in Dallas at the age of 78.[6]
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