Hygiene: Iranian man who did not wash for half a century dies at 94

A hermit dubbed by the media ‘the dirtiest man alive’ has died aged 94, simply months after bathing for the primary time in a long time.

Amou Haji had refused to make use of cleaning soap and water for greater than half a century, fearing it will make him sick.

The Iranian, who lived within the southern province of Fars, had prevented earlier makes an attempt by villagers to wash him up.

However, based on native media, Amou Haji lastly succumbed to the stress and washed himself a number of months in the past.

In line with Iranian information company IRNA, he fell in poor health quickly after and died on Sunday.

In a earlier interview, given to the Tehran Instances in 2014, he revealed that his favourite meal was porcupines, and that he lived between a gap within the floor and a brick shack constructed by fearful neighbors within the village of Dejgah.

On the time, he informed the newspaper that his uncommon decisions had been attributable to “emotional setbacks” in his youth.

Years with out a bathtub had left her pores and skin coated in “soot and pus”, based on IRNA, whereas her weight loss plan consisted of rotting meat and unsanitary water drank from an previous oil can.

He was additionally very keen on smoking, and was photographed at the least as soon as smoking a number of cigarettes directly.

Makes an attempt to wash him or supply him clear water to drink made him unhappy, based on the information company.

Nevertheless, whether or not he holds the report for the longest time with out a bathtub is up for debate. In 2009, there have been reviews of an Indian man who, on the time, had not washed or brushed his tooth for 35 years. What has turn into of him since is unclear.