Only several months after his first bath in more than 50 years, a man passes away.
Several months after receiving his first wash in decades in Iran, a recluse known as the “world’s dirtiest man” passed away at the advanced age of 94.
The old gentleman, known by the alias “Amou Haji,” passed away on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, according to an Iranian news agency.
Local media said that Haji hadn’t taken a bath in more than 60 years while he was covered in soot and living in a cinder-block shanty.
He refused to wash because of emotional difficulties he suffered in his adolescence, according to the Villagers.
The Tehran Times stated in 2014 that Haji would consume roadkill, puff on an animal excrement-filled pipe, and felt that cleanliness would make him ill. He was captured on camera puffing on multiple cigarettes.
However, according to the news agency, villagers had just a few months prior convinced him to wash for the first time.
After Haji’s passing, the unofficial record might go to Kailash “Kalau” Singh, an Indian from a town outside of Varanasi who, like Haji, had abstained from bathing for more than 30 years in an effort to assist the country solve all of its issues.
