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- NAME: Howard Hughes
- OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
- BIRTH DATE: December 24, 1905
- DEATH DATE: April 05, 1976
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Houston, Texas
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Howard Hughes produced and directed movies in the '30s. He had a playboy lifestyle and love of aviation. After a plane accident in 1946, he became reclusive.
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Howard Hughes - The Recluse (3:09)
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Howard Hughes - The Recluse
Howard Hughes, after years in the public eye, became a recluse late in his life.
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Bette Davis had some trying experiences wtih her father Harlow Davis. Her mother, on the other hand, was very attentive and supportive.
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Play NowHoward Hughes. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 01:02, May 23, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282.
Howard Hughes. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282 [Accessed 23 May 2013].
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"Howard Hughes," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282 [accessed May 23, 2013].
"Howard Hughes," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282 (accessed May 23, 2013).
Howard Hughes [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 23] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282.
Howard Hughes, http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282 (last visited May 23, 2013).
Howard Hughes. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/howard-hughes-9346282. Accessed May 23, 2013.
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