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 siteHoward Hughes as a small boyHoward Hughes’ boyhood home in Houston, TexasMovie poster for Hell’s AngelsJane Russell, The OutlawHercules, aka The Spruce Goose, taxiing in Long beach Harbor
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.
The entrance to the Beverly Hills Hotel, Howard Hughes’ home for over a decadeJean PetersThe Desert Inn, circa 1968Actress Terry Moore, one of Hughes’ female companions, who claimed after his death that he married her in a boat in international waters and that she gave birth to Hughes’ illegitimate child that died shortly after childbirth. The Hughes estate settled with her for a sum believed to be around 400,000 dollars.
