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Paul Alexander, the man who lived inside an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio, died Monday after being hospitalized for Covid last month, his friends and family said. He was 78. Alexander's death was announced on a GoFundMe set up to help him with finances. 'I am so gratitude to everybody who donated to my brother's fundraiser,' Philip Alexander said on the GoFundMe. 'It allowed him to live his last few years stress-free.
The cause of his death was not mentioned. Alexander, who lived in Dallas, Texas, was rushed to the hospital in late February after testing positive for Covid, according to his social media manager. He was released from the hospital but was struggling to eat and drink. Alexander was declared the longest surviving iron lung patient last March by the Guinness World Records. He contracted polio during an epidemic of the debilitating disease in the 1950s as a child living in Texas.
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