Paul Alexander, an American from Dallas, died at the age of 78 after spending 72 years in an “iron lung” due to polio. He was paralyzed from the neck down after contracting the virus and was forced to live in this tube that breathed for him.
Despite severe disabilities, he did not give up on his dreams and subsequently obtained a law degree, became a lawyer and wrote books translated around the world. Although he recently contracted Covid-19, the cause of his death is not yet officially known.