"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Ah, come on! Hughes died at 70 or 71. How can we talk about a
self-inflicted death for a man in his seventies? With his diet, his
mental instability, and his drug habit, that he lived so long is a
testament to human endurance. How many of his contemporaries outlived
him? Even for a boy born to a rich family, I'll bet he lived longer
than his life expectancy for one born in 1905 or thereabouts. (I don't
have a birth date for him, but he became CEO of Hughes Tool in 1924 at
the age of 19.)

In any event, I enjoyed the movie, and I also recommend George
Marrett's biography of him, which confines itself to the aviator part:
www.warbirdforum.com/hughes.htm


Also, "Hughes" by Richard Hack, derived largely from Hughes' private
diaries.
"The Private Diary of Howard Hughes. Hack. At long last - the definitive
biography of the legendary Howard Hughes based on newly uncovered personal
letters, sealed court testimony, recently declassified FBI files and
never-before-revealed autopsy findings with eight pages of rare and
never-before-seen photographs. A remarkable book that lifts the veil of
secrecy that has surrounded one of the world's most enigmatic and mysterious
men. 500 pgs., hdbd."
http://www.historicaviation.com/hist...nfo.po?ID=4322


Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO