From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Howard Robard Hughes Jr December 24 1905 April 5 1976 was an American business magnate industrialist aviator engineer film producer director hotelier philanthropist and was one of the wealthiest people in the world He gained prominence from the late 1920s as a maverick film producer making bigbudget and often controversial films like The Racket 1928 Hells Angels 1930 Scarface 1932 and The Outlaw 1943 Hughes was one of the most influential aviators in history he set multiple world airspeed records built the Hughes H1 Racer and H4 Hercules better known to history as the Spruce Goose aircraft and acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines which would later on merge with American Airlines Hughes is also remembered for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle in later life caused in part by a worsening obsessivecompulsive disorder His legacy is maintained through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Hughes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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