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• Inherited father's company and a large deal of the family fortune upon Hughes Sr's death, went into producing films for Hollywood, designing and engineering aircraft, testing aircraft and setting air speed records, owning shares in airline companies, real estate, etc etc.
• Pursued business ventures that often reflected personal interests. Reported to make very sporadic and impulsive decisions, regardless of whether or not they'd be successful / create financial gain.
• Often featured in Hollywood gossip columns for his reputation as a playboy. Dated many Hollywood actresses. • Workaholic, perfectionist tendencies, even to his detriment - spending time and vast amounts of money re-shooting and editing movies that would turn out to be box office failures.
• Displayed signs of mental illness, namely OCD, from as early as the '30s. Which eventually declined into reclusive behaviour and strong phobias of contamination and germs. • When his isolation began, spent a lot of time in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Would run his business empire from this location, and many other motel rooms.
• Would go months without leaving his room, watched movies for hours on end, deprived himself of sleep, refused to bathe - yet maintained strict rules for his aides on how to keep germs and parasites out. • Hughes would write heavily detailed procedures on how his personal aides should carry out simple tasks; instructed them to pick most things up with tissues, wear white gloves, close doors/cabinets very quickly to minimise contamination, refuse to speak to people - yet request their company when lonely. They would sit in silence, no conversation to be had.
Windows had to be shut with scotch tape, doorknobs cleaned with alcohol... • Hughes would command business from numerous telephones, refused public appearances completely. • Drug use had increased greatly, he had became dependent on pain medication, autopsy found several hypodermic needles broken off in his arm. At the end of his life he had deteriorated greatly and was a picture of poor health / neglect.
• Pursued business ventures that often reflected personal interests. Reported to make very sporadic and impulsive decisions, regardless of whether or not they'd be successful / create financial gain.
• Often featured in Hollywood gossip columns for his reputation as a playboy. Dated many Hollywood actresses. • Workaholic, perfectionist tendencies, even to his detriment - spending time and vast amounts of money re-shooting and editing movies that would turn out to be box office failures.
• Displayed signs of mental illness, namely OCD, from as early as the '30s. Which eventually declined into reclusive behaviour and strong phobias of contamination and germs. • When his isolation began, spent a lot of time in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Would run his business empire from this location, and many other motel rooms.
• Would go months without leaving his room, watched movies for hours on end, deprived himself of sleep, refused to bathe - yet maintained strict rules for his aides on how to keep germs and parasites out. • Hughes would write heavily detailed procedures on how his personal aides should carry out simple tasks; instructed them to pick most things up with tissues, wear white gloves, close doors/cabinets very quickly to minimise contamination, refuse to speak to people - yet request their company when lonely. They would sit in silence, no conversation to be had.
Windows had to be shut with scotch tape, doorknobs cleaned with alcohol... • Hughes would command business from numerous telephones, refused public appearances completely. • Drug use had increased greatly, he had became dependent on pain medication, autopsy found several hypodermic needles broken off in his arm. At the end of his life he had deteriorated greatly and was a picture of poor health / neglect.
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