Martha Ann Lillard, the last polio survivor in the United States who depended on an iron lung, died on June 26. She was 78.

Martha Lillard was diagnosed with polio at age 5. For the past two years, she was in an iron lung nearly 24 hours a day.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Martha Ann Lillard, the last known person in the United States to rely on an iron lung after surviving polio, has died at age ...

Martha Lillard, the last polio survivor in the US to rely on an iron lung, recently passed away at the age of 78.

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 ...

Last US polio patient using an iron lung to survive dies in Oklahoma - The coronavirus pandemic took a severe toll on Lillard ...

Martha Lillard widely recognized as the last person in the United States to rely on an iron lung passed away on June 26 in ...