Her husband, Dan, also a painter, said she died of complications from childhood polio.
Ms. Krieger, who has limited vision and leg problems because of childhood polio, began growing things only three months ago, when she entered the home.
Soares lost the use of his legs after contracting childhood polio at the age of 9 years old.
He walked with a profound limp due to childhood polio.
She died from complications arising from childhood polio, her husband said.
The lifelong effects of childhood polio severely limited her mobility, especially in later years.
Dury was a disabled person himself, having been left crippled by childhood polio.
Later in life, a medical examination revealed that she had survived undetected childhood polio.
He overcame poverty, childhood polio, and racial prejudice to become a humanitarian.
He is paralyzed from the neck down as a result of childhood polio.