
Howard Hughes: Eccentric aviator
Good Bad Billionaire
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The Rise and Fall of Howard Hughes
This chapter chronicles Howard Hughes's complex public persona during a pivotal Senate hearing on wartime profiteering and his strategic maneuvers in business and aviation. It highlights his transformation from a charismatic film mogul to a reclusive billionaire beset by health issues and eccentric behaviors, all while navigating significant corporate successes and failures. The narrative ultimately paints a vivid picture of his tumultuous life, marked by lavish excesses in Las Vegas and a gradual descent into isolation.
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