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The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Howard Hughes
ByKelly McClureandWilliam Fischer
Howard Hughes packed a lot into his 70 years of life. Born into wealth due to his father inventing a rotary bit for oil well drilling that made his small family a large fortune, Hughes inherited the lion's share when both of his parents passed away when he was a teen.
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To say Hughes was an ambitious eccentric would be an understatement. Money, as history has proven thus far, has a way of making people go a bit bonkers.
What did howard hughes die ofAnd when the person in question is already tipping the scale, as Hughes was, it doesn't take much to push them over the edge.
After his death in 1976, Hughes' estate attorney called for a psychological autopsy and it was determined a lot of the phobias and eccentricities that plagued him during his life could be attributed to his upbringing, and the fact his mother encouraged him to isolate himself and instilled in him her own fears.
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