A WOMAN who spent more than 60 years in an iron lung to treat polio has died, aged 83.

June Middleton, who died at a Melbourne nursing home on Friday, was struck down with polio at 22 and marked 60 years in the iron lung on April 5.

FILE PHOTOS: June Middleton photographed in 2004 in her iron lung and last year with her dog, Angel. Credit:Mario Borg and Jason South

She celebrated the milestone with friends and her dog, Angel, by her side.



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