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

Martha Lillard rests in her iron lung in February (Picture: Cindy McVey via AP) One of the last polio survivors to live inside an iron lung has died at the age of 78 after the m...

Martha Lillard, the last iron lung user, dies at 78

Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78

She lived more than 70 years at the mercy of the machine.

Martha Lillard, last U.S. polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the mach...

Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78

She lived more than 70 years at the mercy of the machine.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma. "They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old," her sister said.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma.

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma

Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the mach...

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