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#59 Howard Hughes: The Definitive Biography of the First American Billionaire

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How Howard Hughes Got a Compulsive Disorder

Howard Hughes was the first individual to ever own a Hollywood studio outright. He became addicted to painkillers from all these prank, plane crushes but he exacerbated the problem by working nonstop and not understanding need for sleep. "He didn't look at 30, he looked young and invivorant at 40, he looked decaying and old," says author David Bianculli.

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