The last polio survivor who used an iron lung died at age 78, because they couldn't find anyone to fix it. Mr. Frump inconsolable [Sad]

Last US polio survivor in iron lung dies after machine breaks down

Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, has died at age 78. The Shawnee, Okla., resident first experienced symptoms of the disease on her fifth birthday in 1953, she told KFOR 8 days before her death. “I woke up and it was sunny outside, and I started []...Click to read more

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

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

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies

Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies

Who was Martha Ann Lillard? Husband, cause of death, and the legacy of one of the last iron lung US polio survivors

Martha Ann Lillard, who spent nearly seven decades living in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has died at 78.

Randolph Mantooth, ‘Emergency!’ star who played Johnny Gage, dead at 80

Randolph Mantooth, the actor best known for playing firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage on NBC’s hit 1970s series “Emergency!,” has died. He was 80. Mantooth died Thursday at a hospice facility in Ventura, Calif., after a long illness, his brother Donald Mantooth told The Hollywood Reporter. Donald said the actor had “been ill for a number of []