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”World’s dirtiest man’ dies months after first bath in decades
Agency Report
An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not bathing in decades has died at 94.
Irna news agency reported that “Amou Haji”, an endearing nickname for an elderly person, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars.
Haji, covered in soot and living in a cinder-block shack, was reported by local media not to have bathed with water or soap in more than 60 years.
Villagers said he had experienced “emotional setbacks in his youth” that led him to refuse to wash over fears of “getting sick”.
But a few months ago, villagers had persuaded and taken him to a bathroom to wash for the first time.