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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, March 11, 2024 at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but did not know the cause of death. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

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

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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, March 11, 2024 at a Dallas hospital, said Daniel Spinks, a longtime friend. He said Alexander had recently been hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID-19 but did not know the cause of death. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JUNE 11 - In this Friday, April 27, 2018 photo, attorney Paul Alexander looks out from inside his iron lung at his home in Dallas. Now in his 70s, Alexander is one of the few people left who uses an iron lung to help facilitate breathing for those affected by polio. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Dallas attorney, 72, who survived polio lives in iron lung

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John Sparr, a volunteer with the Senior Activity Center in Renton, Wash., carries two bags of frozen meals to a Renton apartment complex for a needy recipient on Nov. 29, 2017. With baby boomers retiring, King County’s senior population is expected to double from 2008 to 2025. Boomers haven’t exactly planned ahead. Only 55 percent have saved any money for retirement, according to the Insured Retirement Institute, a nonprofit composed of 150,000 finance professionals. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP)

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