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    Woman, 78, who was last polio survivor to live in iron lung died because 1940s machine keeping her alive broke down and was too old to repair

    Daily Mail · 3 months ago

    Martha Ann Lillard, 78, died on June 26 having spent more than seventy years relying on the device.

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