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Known at the time as one of the most powerful men in the state of Nevada, he is largely credited with transforming Vegas into a more refined cosmopolitan city. After years of mental and physical decline, Hughes died of kidney failure in 1976. His legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Howard Hughes ...
Howard Hughes was a visionary aviator, inventor, movie producer and billionaire who died in 1976 in a plane over Mexico. Learn about his achievements, challenges, controversies and mysterious final days.
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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. In Howard Hughes’s later years he became emaciated and deranged from the effects of a meagre diet and an excess of drugs. In 1976, at age 70, he died in flight from Acapulco, Mexico, to Houston, Texas, to seek medical treatment.
- Who Was Howard Hughes?
- Film and Flight
- The Recluse
- Death and Legacy
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Howard Hughes was an aviator and film director who inherited his family's successful oil tool business and began investing in films. He produced several films, including the hit Hell's Angels. He is largely known for being one of the wealthiest men and one of the most famous recluses, but Hughes had many professional accomplishments before withdraw...
Born on December 24, 1905, in Houston, Texas, Hughes was the son of a successful oil-drill tool manufacturer and inherited the family business in 1923 at the age of 18. He used some of his fortune to finance films, beginning in 1926. He produced several movies, including the World War I epic Hell's Angels (1930), which featured expensive aerial fig...
After a terrible plane crash in 1946, Hughes began to retreat from the world. He bought part of RKO Pictures in 1948, but he never visited the studio. In the 1960s, he lived on the top floor of the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, Nevada, and conducted all of his business from his hotel suite. Few people ever saw him, which led to much public speculation a...
Hughes died on April 5, 1976. After his death, numerous fake versions of his will surfaced, leading to a battle over his fortune. In 2004, Hughes' life returned to the spotlight with the feature film The Aviator, which depicted his early days. Leonardo DiCaprioplayed the billionaire as a dashing, troubled young man. He was nominated for an Academy ...
Howard Hughes was a wealthy aviator and filmmaker who died in 1976. He became a recluse after a plane crash in 1946 and left behind a controversial will and a mysterious life.
Local de sepultura da família Hughes, onde Howard Hughes está enterrado E a 5 de Abril de 1976 (aos 70 anos de idade) acabou por falecer, vítima de parada cardíaca, ocorrida, ironicamente, num avião que o transportava de Acapulco até Houston , para tratamento médico.
16 de nov. de 2009 · The billionaire businessman and aviator passed away while flying from Acapulco to Houston. He was one of the richest men in the 20th century and a pioneer in the movie and aviation industries.
Eccentric American billionaire Howard Hughes, known for his movies, aviation and business, died of kidney failure at age 70. He had lived as a recluse for 20 years and his will was disputed by a fake claimant.
