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Martha Lillard
1948 – June 26, 2026
American polio survivor (1948–2026)
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Martha Ann Lillard was an American polio survivor who, following Paul Alexander's death, became the last known person in the United States who still relied on an iron lung. She contracted polio in 1953, when she was five years old.
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- Anniversary · June 26
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