Webwhen he passed away on august 16, 1976, billionaire financier howard hughes was considered the world's most mysterious man.

But who was he really?

Webreclusive billionaire industrialist howard hughes in a 1947 photo (left) and in 1972 (right), which was taken in vancouver, british columbia, and is believed to be.

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Webin the 1970's, clifford irving conned the world into thinking he had secretly worked with the notoriously reclusive billionaire howard hughes on his autobiography.

Rumors abounded about the strange way.

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24, 1945, explains that police eyed a man who was walking down milam street with a milk bottle under one arm.

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