'World's dirtiest man' dies aged 94
‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies aged 94: Iranian state TV announces death of man who went 60 YEARS without washing… only for fed-up locals to make him finally scrub up months before he passed away
- Amou Haji claimed he did not wash for over 60 years over fear of ‘getting sick’
- Months before he died, villagers took him to a bathroom to wash
- His favourite food was rotten porcupine and he smoked animal faeces in a pipe
An Iranian man dubbed the ‘dirtiest man in the world’ for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media has reported.
Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in Iran, IRNA news agency said.
Mr Haji chose to avoid showering over fears that it would make him sick.
But ‘for the first time a few months ago, villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash,’ a local official told the Iranian state media.
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Mr Haji, nicknamed ‘the dirtiest man in the world’, has died at the age of 94
Mr Haji had an aversion to soap and water. He said he hated even the thought of bathing.
The Iranian chose not to wash for over 60 years because he believed that being clean would make him sick.
Mr Haji previously said that he chose this eccentric way of life after experiencing emotional setbacks in his youth. Since then he became isolated.
As well as cleanliness, Mr Haji also had an aversion to fresh food and drink. His favorite food was rotten porcupine, and he would choose to drink water from a rusty oil can.
Locals built Mr Haji an open brick shack to sleep in, where he is pictured in front of in 2018
Mr Haji had spent most of his life in Dejgah village in the province of Fars in southern Iran. Concerned locals built him an open brick shack to live in after seeing that he was sleeping in a hole in the ground.
If his life wasn’t unique enough, Amou Haji liked to smoke animal faeces out of an old pipe, rather than tobacco.
A short documentary film titled ‘The Strange Life of Amou Haji’ was made about his life in 2013.
Mr Haji said he hated the idea of washing and thought it would make him sick
It’s disputed as to who holds the world record for the longest time without showering. Several people put their names forward for the unwanted title.
One of the previous record holders for the longest time between washing was Kailash Singh, a 67-year-old from India.
Mr Singh claimed to have not showered in 39 years. But at over 60 years without bathing, if Mr Haji’s claim is true, he easily takes the record.
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