[UA] Unknown 50s

[Lassi Seppälä]

Thanks for all the great stuff! :)

One more thing... Howard Hughes. This man is very UA. :)

He will no doubt make an appearance in my game.

 From wikipedia:

'Hughes was born in Humble, Texas, on December 24, 1905, although it  
should be noted that his exact birthdate is debated by some  
biographers. According to NNDB.com, "Hughes claimed his birthday was  
Christmas Eve, but according to his baptismal records he was actually  
born on the more mundane date of September 24."'

'Hughes launched in 1953 the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in  
Maryland, formed with the express goal of basic biomedical research  
including trying to understand, in Hughes' words, the "genesis of  
life itself."'

'By the late 1950s, if not earlier, Hughes had developed debilitating  
symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Once one of the most  
visible men in America, he ultimately vanished from public view  
altogether, although the tabloids continued to follow rumors  
regarding his behavior and whereabouts.'

'Hughes eventually became a complete recluse, locking himself away in  
darkened rooms in a medication-induced daze. Though he always kept a  
barber on call, Hughes only had his hair cut and nails trimmed about  
once a year.'

'Toward the end of his life, his inner circle was largely composed of  
Mormons because he considered them "trustworthy" — even though Hughes  
himself was not a member of their religion.'

'Hughes by this time had become severely addicted to codeine, valium,  
and a number of other prescription drugs and was becoming  
increasingly frail. Many biographies and fictionalized works state  
that he stored his urine in jars and wore Kleenex boxes as shoes,  
although he reportedly did the latter only once, as "protection" when  
a toilet flooded. He insisted on using paper towels to pick up  
objects, so that he could insulate himself from germs. It has also  
been rumored that he kept the 1968 film Ice Station Zebra playing on  
a continuous loop in his home.'

'Hughes died on April 5, 1976, at the age of 70 while on an airplane  
owned by Robert Graf, en route from his penthouse in Acapulco, Mexico  
to The Methodist Hospital in Houston. His reclusive activities and  
drug use had made him practically unrecognizable; his hair, beard,  
fingernails, and toenails had grown grossly long, his once-strapping  
6'4" frame now weighed barely 90 lbs, and the FBI had to resort to  
fingerprints to identify the body.'

And why the interest in airplanes, flying and air-speed records? A  
failed ascension attempt, that drove him mad?

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Lassi