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Martha Ann Lillard is an American polio survivor who, following Paul Alexander's death, became the last known person who still lives in an iron lung. She contracted polio in 1953, when she was five years old.

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Woman who has used iron lung for over 65 years recalls horrifying moment she was trapped in machine

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The Golden Girl: Surviving

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Man who lived in iron lung for 70 years until his death answered hugely common question on how he 'went to toilet'

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Polio Survivor Who Lived in Iron Lung For 7 Decades Dies at 78

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Paul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78

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Man Dies After Living in Iron Lung for 70 Years

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The Truth About One Of The Last People Living In An Iron Lung

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Paul Alexander, ‘The Man in the Iron Lung,’ has died at 78 - KOLO | 8 News Now

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Woman who has used an iron lung for more than 65 years once got trapped and said ‘it’s like being buried alive’

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Iron Lungs and Polio: Two People Remain in the U.S. That Rely on Iron Lungs to Breathe

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73-Year-Old Martha Is One Of The Last Relying On Iron Lung From Polio Epidemic

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The 73-year-old woman who still sleeps in an iron lung

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Here's What It Takes To Keep An Iron Lung In Working Condition

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Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung to breathe

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Obituary for Martha Lillard

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This man has been locked in this obsolete machine for almost 60 years

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A woman on an iron lung is running out of the spare parts she needs to live. Cue the maker community...

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The Last of the Iron Lungs

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60 years in an iron lung: US polio survivor worries about new global threat