Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Began to Break Down and No One Could Repair It

Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, has died at age 78 after the machine, which ...

Patient living inside iron lung for 70 years dies after machine became too old to repair

One of the last polio survivors to live inside an iron lung has died at the age of 78 after the machine became too old to ...

Last American to use an iron lung dies at 78 years old after childhood polio diagnosis

Martha Lillard contracted polio at age five and relied on an iron lung to breathe, but COVID-19 left her dependent on the ...

Hours each day in an iron lung kept her breathing, her will to live kept her alive

The sister of the last known polio patient in the US to use the life-saving machine spoke to the BBC about her sister's life.

Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Began to Break Down and No One Could Repair It

Martha Ann Lillard died at age 78 following a struggle with long Covid and the breakdown of her iron lung ...

The remarkable life story behind America’s last iron lung user

Martha Ann Lillard, the last known U.S. polio survivor who relied on an iron lung, has died at age 78. Learn about her ...

Woman, 78, who was last polio survivor to live in iron lung dies because machine was too old to repair

But that's exactly how Martha Ann Lillard spent the last months of her life before she died aged 78 on June 26, 2026. Lillard ...

Martha Lillard, last known US polio survivor using iron lung, dies aged 78

Lillard, of Oklahoma, contracted polio when she was five and slept inside cylindrical metal device to help her breathe ...

At age 6, he woke up trapped inside a giant metal tube and spent the next 70 years in it. Meet Paul Alexander, who lived inside a 600-pound iron lung

Paul Alexander was just six years old when polio left him unable to breathe on his own, forcing him to spend more than 70 ...
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Martha Lillard, last American using iron lung, dies in Shawnee

Martha Lillard spent nearly her entire life using an iron lung, a respiratory device used to facilitate breathing for polio ...

Oklahoma woman, the last American in an iron lung, dies at 78

Martha Ann Lillard, 78, invited News 4's Ali Meyer to her home three weeks ago because she was desperate for help with ...