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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 07 > Woman spent 61 years in iron lung

Woman spent 61 years in iron lung

By Erin Gartner / The Bulletin
May 7, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. — A woman who spent 61 years in an iron lung yet graduated from college and wrote a book about her life has died at her North Carolina home.

A close friend said Tuesday that Martha Mason died early Monday in Lattimore. She was 71.

Mary Dalton, an associate communications....

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