‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies in Iran at 94: media
Haji avoided showering for more than half century over fears of ‘getting sick’
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TEHRAN: An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday.
Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, IRNA news agency reported.
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Haji had avoided showering over fears of “getting sick”, the agency quoted a local official as saying.
But “for the first time a few months ago, villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash,” IRNA reported.
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A short documentary film titled “The Strange Life of Amou Haji” was made about his life in 2013, according to Iranian media outlets.