June Middleton

June Middleton
Born
June Margaret Middleton

(1926-05-04)4 May 1926
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died30 October 2009(2009-10-30) (aged 83)
Thornbury, Victoria, Australia
Known forFormerly longest time in an iron lung

June Margaret Middleton (4 May 1926 – 30 October 2009) was an Australian polio survivor who spent more than 60 years living in an iron lung for treatment of the disease.[1] In 2006, Guinness World Records recognised her as the person who had spent the longest amount of time living in an iron lung.[1] This record has since been surpassed by American lawyer Paul Alexander[2] and Martha Lillard.[3]

  1. ^ a b "June Middleton, in iron lung for 60 years, dies". The Australian. Australian Associated Press. 31 October 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2009.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Longest iron lung patient". Guinness World Records. July 1952. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung to breathe". www.npr.org. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2024.