Howard Hughes and His Empire of Madness (Part One)

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On April 5, 1976, when he died in a private jet, en route to Houston, Texas, Howard Hughes was a hopeless drug addict, weighed 93 pounds and hadn’t even taken a step on his own in several years. He was also the world’s wealthiest man, living proof that money can’t buy happiness. Howard R. Hughes Sr., standing next to a drill site Howard Hughes as a small boy Howard Hughes' boyhood home in Houston, Texas Movie poster for Hell's Angels Jane Russell, The Outlaw Hercules, aka The Spruce Goose, taxiing in Long beach Harbor

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