Tag Archives: Houston’s eccentric tycoon: The death of Howard Hughes

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was April 5, 1976 when recluse billionaire Howard Hughes was en route from his penthouse in Acapulco to Methodist Hospital in Houston when he died of renal failure. Hughes had captured the attention of the American public in his early days as a rich, dashing movie-maker and aviator. He was Houston’s most famous citizen and …

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