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Robert Dex

Polio Paul dies at 78: Tributes paid to 'extraordinary' man who spent 70 years in iron lung

Tributes have been paid to an “extraordinary” man who spent more than 70 years living in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child.

Paul Alexander, who died on Tuesday aged 78 from Covid-19, contracted the disease aged six and used the device to help him breathe.

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