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Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said. She was 78. “They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old,” Lillard's younger sist...
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Same story. Mostly aligned wording.Outlets across the spectrum framed this event in roughly the same way today.
MOSTLY SAME
As of July 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedMartha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Martha Lillard, Last US Polio Patient Using Iron Lung, Dies At 78". The right frames it as "Oklahoma woman Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dead at 78".
Match confidenceHigh confidence. 8 sources checked, Left/Center/Right all represented. Best read as a clear framing signal — not a fact-check.
Same-event confidenceHigh
8 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceMild
32/99 — small wording differences, not a major framing split.
WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED
Left / center-leftMartha Lillard, Last US Polio Patient Using Iron Lung, Dies At 78
NDTV · Center-left · News report
CenterMartha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Manila Bulletin · Center · News report
Right / center-rightOklahoma woman Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dead at 78
Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her...
Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her...
