In the mid 60's Howard Hughes was in the news a lot, and I recall the buzz about him. He was considered an eccentric and fascinating fellow. Apparently the 1970's changed all that.
Great story Jerry. I learned some things I was not aware of. HH was a very unique individual. For those that may not be aware, the Spruce Goose is preserved and now resides in the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in Mcminnville, Oregon.
Just a few years after HH passed, I went to see the Spruce Goose in Long Beach, a thrill for me because I had read his biography published soon after he died. It was a patriotic attempt on HH’s part to innovate although it did not fly. But he was an inventor and contributed much to aviation, a fact overshadowed by his mental history. He is a legend.
My dad was a TWA pilot & idolized HH. It was known he was eccentric, but back then, the press tried to respect the reputations of respectable people and just how off the rails HH was, was unknown to the general public for a long time. He was brilliant, brave, driven, ambitious but so flawed, and treated women like possessions, picking up & putting back down at will. At the least he honored their service & compensated them financially. Many men see women as objects of use, but aren't as generous when they're finished with them. Never knew that about Hepburn! She did like a strong man, though. I wonder if Howard could have been more in control of his life if his mum hadn't been allowed to reinforce his natural deficiencies with her own craziness. Edit: Another winner, Mr. Skinner, thank you!
OCD is not his mother's fault. he was born with OCD. OCD symptoms begin to appear from age 19 onwards. He's obsessed with more than just germs. Tesla also suffers from OCD but he is obsessed with 3 6 9 or human hair. I think OCD is a sign of a super brain often seen in geniuses.
Your Father Was Right,,, You Are So Far Off Base,,, They'd Call You Out,,, In San Franisco,,, for a Game You Were Playing In New York City.. Do Your Homework On His Women,,, To a Girl,,, They Loved Him,,, Other Than The "Tit Queen",,, He Wouldn't and She Was Pissed... Do Your Homework Before You Shoot Your Mouth and Foot Off,,,,
Very well done Mr. Skinner. I especially enjoyed the section about all the Vegas properties that Howard Hughes was involved with. I remember going to Vegas during that time period many times. Especially the desert inn and the silver slipper both very popular places to go back then.
I’ve been waiting for a new Jerry upload. I’m super excited about this one. I love them all but I always found him (Howard) a unique character. Jerry and the narrator from the channel ( Bloodletters and Bad Men) are the best narrators of all time.
When my brother and I were kids we were running up and down back stairs in a Las Vegas casino while our mom and grandparents were playing the slot machines. A man was being carried down the stairs on a stretcher covered in a sheet. My brother and I stood to the side and asked who was under the sheet; one of the men said, "Howard Hughes." This was around 1966. We quit running up and down the stairs and went back to our folks. We mentioned it to them that we had seen Howard Hughes under a sheet and we left the casino. This was the only time that I saw Howard Hughes and most of him was under a sheet.
Mr. Hughes arrived in Las Vegas in 1943 Lake Mead was a test site for his Sikorski 43 aircraft A prototype of The Hercules / Spruce Goose that was in development in Long Beach On a return visit in 1956 Mr. Hughes, bought 25000 acres of western Clark Co desert to build an established upscale community The contention of the Hughes estate was awarded to cousins - The Lumus Family of Houston Today Those 25000 arcres are the community of Summerlin Named after Mr. Hughes" grandmother Jean Amelia Summerlin Of course The purchase of the Desert Inn Sands, Frontier, Silver Slipper Castaways, & development of The Landmark, was an unheard of precedent as a monopoly toward becoming the mega business empire that it is today He was a bold & courageous man . Though credit has to be given to the only man that actually knew & understood Howard Hughes Noah Dietrich
What an extremely sad life he had, so sad. I have seen a movie about him, and I just didn't care for it. This is by far, a greater quality and so much more interesting. Thank you for all the time and work effort that you put into your videos, Mr Skinner, it definitely shows!!!
Poor Howard. He was so rich but so very poor in other ways. I remember when he died in April in that grand Bicentennial year. He suffered long and hard before his final relief.
Thank you Mr.Skinner for your detailed documentary of Howard Hughes life, What a Beautiful handsome man he was in his youth. So very sad too i felt losing his Mum and Dad so young in life. I hope his soul is at peace now alongside his Family.R.I.P. Howard in Paradise with the Lord. XXXXX
A great Documentary. I must say “the Aviator is one of my favourite films staring Dicaprio” thanks for taking the time as I’ve always found Howard Hughes to be a fascinating character.
Hi Jerry, my name is Millicent Tirk, Millie for short, I'm a longtime subacriber, and was just about to start watching this video, but when I saw that it was about Howard Hughs, I wanted to share this with you first. My late Aunt, Delores Mullen, was a flight attendant for TWA airlines during the time Mr Hughes owned it. As such. he happened to be on many flights that she worked. This was very early in Mr Hyghs's career , before his mental health deterioated
Outstanding piece of work here, Jerry. Very thorough on the early years, and I can't believe I'd never heard about his knock down fight with Ava Gardner. Sinatra was obsessed with Ava; I wonder what he thought when he heard about that bruhaha. You didn't mention it, but in 1972, when author Clifford Irving wrote an allegedly authorized biography of Hughes, Hughes went on national television (only telephonically, natch!) to repudiate it. I remember it well. And by the way, he sounded quite lucid, so I guess it may have been good days and bad days. It's amazing how much he accomplished in 70 years, especially considering how many of those years he only wasted away. And Jerry, please tell me if you know, whatever happened to poor old Noah Deitrich?
One of the most mysterious and interesting lives in the History of Mankind. and sadly, I doubt many people today even know who Howard Hughes is! How quickly we forget.
I’m sure Many 21-century Youngsters could Care Less . Same as Our So Called Government figures given in to Laws That Are Against Gods Laws. Nuff Said 👍🏻
I’ve always read that his plane crash, along with damn near killing him, brought on the drug addiction. You add that to OCD and brilliance of the mind, you get a very eccentric individual.
Just a few years after HH passed, I went to see the Spruce Goose in Long Beach, a thrill for me because I had read his biography published soon after he died. It was a patriotic attempt on HH’s part to innovate, although it did not fly. But he was an inventor and contributed much to aviation, a fact overshadowed by his mental history. He is a legend.
You never mentioned the excruciating back pain that Hughes endured in later life from all the airplane crashes. Hughes was x-rayed and doctors were amazed he could function with pain he endured
My Uncle was his doctor for a long time. He would be called in the middle of the night all the time to come immediately to Howard Huge’s home. You never told him “no”.
Jerry, that is one fine job of piecing together one extraordinary life of a very unusual and very wealthy man. I love your biographies better than anyone else who writes & researches peoples' lives. Jerry, you are numero uno in my book! Keep up the fine work that you do.
That is one of the best documentaries I think you’ve ever done. Thank you so much I enjoy your voice. I enjoy the passion that you put into these documentaries. God bless.
I feel sorry for a poor man he run over in LA , that stepped in front of his speeding vehicle. What a wrecking ball of a character he was. Great upload.
At the time he was acolaided as the richest man in the world, his entire gross worth was $2,000,000. In my early 20's I followed the man vigorously. When he had the penthouse at Sands, on the strip, my wife and I always stayed just one floor below his residence. He was a great man. That's how I remember him. Sincerely, at 80 y.o., Sentebay
That story was in a Playboy Magazine, very interesting man Howard was. I might be wrong but I think he designed and built a plane that he sold to the Japanese when the US government turned him down. That plane was called the Japanese zero.
Thomas Mitchell played Uncle Billy in "It's A Wonderful Life". Ben Johnson was a champion rodeo roper, and a stuntman as well as an actor. For many years, Ben Johnson was considered the best horseman in Hollywood.
Jerry, you & I are contemporaries. I find your accent & speaking voice to be both soothing and charming. The computer generated voice on your shorts just doesn't work for me. Love your vids, please keep them coming.
I'm not a doctor yet common sense tells me that his mother might have contributed to some of his behavior. Interesting to note that there's no mention of any sort of spiritual grounding, of God in his life. Shame the way he ended. Thanks as always Jerry.
So tragic...The old saying, "Money can't buy you happiness" is very evident here...Or even genius level aptitude. What is so strange about his mental condition is, he was very germaphobic, yet , sat watching movies naked, urinating in bottles ? A very unsanitary cituation. Not alot of logic in that, just compulsions.
Wow !! , where did you get some of the footage? , I've never seen some of it. Also a lot of info never heard of before. Excellent work making this documentary , best I have seen about H. Hughes.
I agree. Brain damage is the most logical explanation for his eccentric behavior. However, it also seems that he had some what eccentric behavior even at a young age, which my have been of mental origin.
Hughes was brilliant man. He was never crazy. He never used guinea pigs to do his test flights. He did it himself. He should be remembered as a great American
Very informative video. You came up with stuff I hadn’t heard before like I didn’t know he was arrested for Murder!! Or that he socked Ava Gardner!! What a Life that guy had! He was such a cute little boy who grew into a handsome man with the Brain of Eisenstein. How Tragic to end up in a dark room all alone naked & so sick. This was a good video Thanks & i hope you keep em comin ✌️
Likely won't be read as days after this video was posted. I have enjoyed your videos for months and apologize for not being subscribed. Thought I was. I appreciate your generous commentary and kind way you address the darker side of the biographee.
I read a biography of Howard Highes many years ago and fell for him - I was fascinated by his personality- it’s never happened before or since but I can’t remember the author’s I do know it was a man and woman collaboration and I’m sure the female was called Pat If anyone knows the title I’d love to read it again 😊
Val, if you want a book to read about Howard Hughes then read Empire I read it in the 80,s its a great book about an amazing man. It was a library book at the time.
Valerie, I looked it up. Empire, The life, Legend and madness of Howard Hughes. Donald L Barlett and James B Steele. Found 3. Ebay us 9.90. Act2 books 11.88 US Abe book's £24.43. Good luck.
Jerry, I ve followed many of your videos...I love your accent which makes me wonder which area of America are you from...also, have you considered a Bonnie Clyde story? Thank you for your work in retelling these bygone intriguing real life stories...🥂
He deserves credit for all his inventions and innovations in the aircraft industry. He flew around the world in record time. Although he could not serve in WW2, he tried tried to improve aircraft that could transport men and materiel.
And because of his intrepid experiments, he damaged his health due to 3 crashes, which one can say contributed to his dependence on painkillers that worsened his mental issues.
I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company in CA from 11/73 until 11/99. I remember when they made the announcement of his death over the loud speakers. He certainly was a genuis but a very sick and OCD personality. At least he is now at rest.
Not mentioned, but very significant is the fact that Howard's Hughes Aircraft is located just south of Tucson Arizona...The road, Rita Road....by which to reach the aircraft company is named after one of his beautiful screen girlfriends....Rita HAYWORTH. Hughes Industries was sold and is now referred to as RAYTHEON....builder of today's missiles, drones, and other weapons of mass destruction. What a twist and great bio Mr. Skinner spins! 🌹🌹🌹💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
You almost got all of it right. Hughes bought land in Culver City in California where it later became Hughes Helicopters, there was Hughes Radar Systems, Hughes Electro-Optical and Hughes Space and Communications in El Segundo on El Segundo Blvd and Imperial Hwy and Sepulveda. I worked at all three divisions,best 36 years of my life, best pension plan ever thank you Howard Hughes!
FYI, Humble Texas is pronounced with a silent H. I know it's weird, but it's Texas. Town names here are always a crap shoot. Humble Oil, was to become Esso then later on Exxon and eventually, Exxon-Mobil.
We have a friend whose grandfather worked for Hughes, and he would call him at all hours of the night. One time his wife answered and said, Howard you’ve got to stop doing this.
I heard most of the men taking care of Howard Hughes in those last years were devoted Mormon men and that the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City got the bulk of the Hughes Estate. Do you know the truth about this? Also, there was a movie starring Jason Robards several years back I think called Howard and Me or something similar. Any truth to that movie about the man finding Howard Hughes in the desert outside of Las Vegas?
As best I recall, there were generous bequests to the help & the rest to various distant family. Multiple wills, all hotly contested, it was in the papers for several years.
Awesome story. I never knew he was this far out in Neverland. Just think if he'd used his money to fight his mental state he'd probably lived alot longer and would've been in a lot better shape to make even more money though out his life
It was sad from what he was to the person in later years what he became. I hope hes at peace now. Godbless him Amen 🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🛩✈️🛩✈️🛩✈️🛩✈️ 🛩 and happy in the sky 🛩🛩✈️✈️flying when alive what made him the happiest. REST IN PEACE HOWARD AMEN🙏🕊🦋🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏
i've read something like 5 biographies of hughes (one of them awful, one of them by robert maheu), and this totally aligns. really sad story, the guy surrounded himself with yesmen and that's why he fell apart and died the way he did.
Mr.Skinner, Your documentaries are second to none!
Thank you.💖🙏
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Oh my my Jerry you knocked this one completely outta the cottonpickin park my brother! You sir,are super!!
You are super for taking the time to watch Robin. Jerry
Great documentary, Mr. Skinner.
An interesting book written about Hughes by a former bodyguard is called, "I swatted flies for Howard Hughes."
In the mid 60's Howard Hughes was in the news a lot, and I recall the buzz about him. He was considered an eccentric and fascinating fellow. Apparently the 1970's changed all that.
Great story Jerry.
I learned some things I was not aware of.
HH was a very unique individual.
For those that may not be aware, the Spruce Goose is preserved and now resides in the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in Mcminnville, Oregon.
Just a few years after HH passed, I went to see the Spruce Goose in Long Beach, a thrill for me because I had read his biography published soon after he died. It was a patriotic attempt on HH’s part to innovate although it did not fly. But he was an inventor and contributed much to aviation, a fact overshadowed by his mental history. He is a legend.
My dad was a TWA pilot & idolized HH. It was known he was eccentric, but back then, the press tried to respect the reputations of respectable people and just how off the rails HH was, was unknown to the general public for a long time.
He was brilliant, brave, driven, ambitious but so flawed, and treated women like possessions, picking up & putting back down at will. At the least he honored their service & compensated them financially. Many men see women as objects of use, but aren't as generous when they're finished with them.
Never knew that about Hepburn! She did like a strong man, though.
I wonder if Howard could have been more in control of his life if his mum hadn't been allowed to reinforce his natural deficiencies with her own craziness.
Edit: Another winner, Mr. Skinner, thank you!
OCD is not his mother's fault. he was born with OCD. OCD symptoms begin to appear from age 19 onwards. He's obsessed with more than just germs. Tesla also suffers from OCD but he is obsessed with 3 6 9 or human hair. I think OCD is a sign of a super brain often seen in geniuses.
Your Father Was Right,,, You Are So Far Off Base,,, They'd Call You Out,,, In San Franisco,,, for a Game You Were Playing In New York City.. Do Your Homework On His Women,,, To a Girl,,, They Loved Him,,, Other Than The "Tit Queen",,, He Wouldn't and She Was Pissed... Do Your Homework Before You Shoot Your Mouth and Foot Off,,,,
I agree 👍🏻
@@phungquang564 possibility 🤔
IMHO, Elon Musk is the HH of these times
Very well done Mr. Skinner. I especially enjoyed the section about all the Vegas properties that Howard Hughes was involved with. I remember going to Vegas during that time period many times. Especially the desert inn and the silver slipper both very popular places to go back then.
I’ve been waiting for a new Jerry upload. I’m super excited about this one. I love them all but I always found him (Howard) a unique character. Jerry and the narrator from the channel ( Bloodletters and Bad Men) are the best narrators of all time.
When my brother and I were kids we were running up and down back stairs in a Las Vegas casino while our mom and grandparents were playing the slot machines. A man was being carried down the stairs on a stretcher covered in a sheet. My brother and I stood to the side and asked who was under the sheet; one of the men said, "Howard Hughes." This was around 1966. We quit running up and down the stairs and went back to our folks. We mentioned it to them that we had seen Howard Hughes under a sheet and we left the casino. This was the only time that I saw Howard Hughes and most of him was under a sheet.
Amazing experience! You guys were part of history.
He died on April 5th 1976.. he was sick in 1966 in Las Vegas.. He sure did have an eventful life.
Mr. Hughes arrived in Las Vegas in 1943
Lake Mead was a test site for his Sikorski 43
aircraft
A prototype of The Hercules / Spruce Goose that was in development in Long
Beach
On a return visit in 1956 Mr. Hughes, bought 25000 acres of western Clark Co desert to build an established upscale community
The contention of the Hughes estate was awarded to cousins - The Lumus Family of Houston
Today
Those 25000 arcres
are the community of Summerlin
Named after Mr. Hughes" grandmother
Jean Amelia Summerlin
Of course
The purchase of the Desert Inn Sands, Frontier, Silver Slipper
Castaways, & development of The Landmark, was an unheard of precedent
as a monopoly toward becoming the mega business empire that it is today
He was a bold
& courageous man .
Though credit has to be given to the only man that actually knew & understood Howard Hughes
Noah Dietrich
@@KevinShaughnessy-mt9jtThank you for sharing. That was lovely.
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What an extremely sad life he had, so sad. I have seen a movie about him, and I just didn't care for it. This is by far, a greater quality and so much more interesting. Thank you for all the time and work effort that you put into your videos, Mr Skinner, it definitely shows!!!
I agree. I got much more from this short doc than the flash film
Poor Howard. He was so rich but so very poor in other ways. I remember when he died in April in that grand Bicentennial year. He suffered long and hard before his final relief.
A lovely tribute Jerry! Thank you 🦋🦋🦋
Yes thank you Jerry 👍🏻
Thank you Mr.Skinner for your detailed documentary of Howard Hughes life, What a Beautiful handsome man he was in his youth. So very sad too i felt losing his Mum and Dad so young in life. I hope his soul is at peace now alongside his Family.R.I.P. Howard in Paradise with the Lord. XXXXX
A great Documentary. I must say “the Aviator is one of my favourite films staring Dicaprio” thanks for taking the time as I’ve always found Howard Hughes to be a fascinating character.
What a crazy life. He had all the money and the opportunity of a lifetime, but he wasn't mentally able to handle it.
Hi Jerry, my name is Millicent Tirk, Millie for short, I'm a longtime subacriber, and was just about to start watching this video, but when I saw that it was about Howard Hughs, I wanted to share this with you first. My late Aunt, Delores Mullen, was a flight attendant for TWA airlines during the time Mr Hughes owned it. As such. he happened to be on many flights that she worked. This was very early in Mr Hyghs's career , before his mental health deterioated
Pray tell, was he well-behaved on the flights? Did he read? Did he eat the food?
He designed the hospital bed while in it.
Outstanding piece of work here, Jerry. Very thorough on the early years, and I can't believe I'd never heard about his knock down fight with Ava Gardner. Sinatra was obsessed with Ava; I wonder what he thought when he heard about that bruhaha.
You didn't mention it, but in 1972, when author Clifford Irving wrote an allegedly authorized biography of Hughes, Hughes went on national television (only telephonically, natch!) to repudiate it. I remember it well. And by the way, he sounded quite lucid, so I guess it may have been good days and bad days. It's amazing how much he accomplished in 70 years, especially considering how many of those years he only wasted away.
And Jerry, please tell me if you know, whatever happened to poor old Noah Deitrich?
One of the most mysterious and interesting lives in the History of Mankind. and sadly, I doubt many people today even know who Howard Hughes is! How quickly we forget.
I’m sure Many 21-century Youngsters could Care Less . Same as Our So Called Government figures given in to Laws That Are Against Gods Laws. Nuff Said 👍🏻
I’ve always read that his plane crash, along with damn near killing him, brought on the drug addiction. You add that to OCD and brilliance of the mind, you get a very eccentric individual.
Many head injuries must have contributed to his psychosis.
So sad 😔, both his parents died pretty young, yet he died at the age of 70 but at such a price 😔
Just a few years after HH passed, I went to see the Spruce Goose in Long Beach, a thrill for me because I had read his biography published soon after he died. It was a patriotic attempt on HH’s part to innovate, although it did not fly. But he was an inventor and contributed much to aviation, a fact overshadowed by his mental history. He is a legend.
Proof money does not buy happiness. WOW! What a life.
You never mentioned the excruciating back pain that Hughes endured in later life from all the airplane crashes. Hughes was x-rayed and doctors were amazed he could function with pain he endured
Hence the codeine.
My Uncle was his doctor for a long time. He would be called in the middle of the night all the time to come immediately to Howard Huge’s home. You never told him “no”.
Jerry, that is one fine job of piecing together one extraordinary life of a very unusual and very wealthy man. I love your biographies better than anyone else who writes & researches peoples' lives. Jerry, you are numero uno in my book! Keep up the fine work that you do.
thank you John, i appreciate that. Jerry
Thanks Jerry, another great documentary. The research you do is amazing and I do so look forward to your posts.
Thank you Anna. Jerry
That is one of the best documentaries I think you’ve ever done. Thank you so much I enjoy your voice. I enjoy the passion that you put into these documentaries. God bless.
I feel sorry for a poor man he run over in LA , that stepped in front of his speeding vehicle. What a wrecking ball of a character he was. Great upload.
Sad he had OCD.. amazing he still accomplishing so much even when ill.
Such a great way to start off my week. Thanks again Jerry.
Great work once again Mr.Jerry ! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Mr. Skinner, I enjoy all your shows, keep up the great work. I even love to go back and watch them again.
Hi, I was so bored at watching the news. Thanks for posting!
Hello from Missouri!
Best Hughes Documentary I've Saw...Outstanding.
Thank you Michael, Jerry
Thanks Howard Hughes was a dynamo of a man!
That's a Sad Story... With a Sad Ending. RIP Mr. Hughes.
Well done again, most excellent. Thank you.
At the time he was acolaided as the richest man in the world, his entire gross worth was
$2,000,000. In my early 20's I followed the man vigorously. When he had the penthouse at Sands, on the strip, my wife and I always stayed just one floor below his residence. He was a great man. That's how I remember him. Sincerely, at 80 y.o., Sentebay
Thank you from Georgia Mr Skinner!!
Great video Jerry as usual. You have the best channel on TH-cam. Thank for your hard work.
Thanks Cathy. Jerry
AWSOME 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Jerry you have a great voice. Good for falling asleep...it's a compliment
Always admired the man after reading is bio. In 1968, is last few years we’re much sadder, what a shame.
That story was in a Playboy Magazine, very interesting man Howard was. I might be wrong but I think he designed and built a plane that he sold to the Japanese when the US government turned him down. That plane was called the Japanese zero.
Thomas Mitchell played Uncle Billy in
"It's A Wonderful Life". Ben Johnson was a champion rodeo roper, and a stuntman as well as an actor. For many years, Ben Johnson was considered the best horseman in Hollywood.
Jerry, you & I are contemporaries. I find your accent & speaking voice to be both soothing and charming. The computer generated voice on your shorts just doesn't work for me. Love your vids, please keep them coming.
Thank you, but that's me talking on the shorts. All except one and that's my son-in-law. Nothing computer generated.
Your best documentary yet!
l have know of Howard live many times before but not is such detail.....Thanks again my friend Jerry.....
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Thanks Steve, good to see your name. Jerry
Very good documentary. I enjoyed the research and photos.
He had no childrens? A real genius! Thanks for this great documentary! From Quebec :)
Complicated BUT! A genius! I always admired him!
Thank you so very much for yet another exeptionel doku Mr. Skinner 👍
Well done Jerry. Best Bio channel on the Tube !👍👍👍
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I'm not a doctor yet common sense tells me that his mother might have contributed to some of his behavior.
Interesting to note that there's no mention of any sort of spiritual grounding, of God in his life.
Shame the way he ended.
Thanks as always Jerry.
yet another carefully researched product! Thank You!
This was a great doc. Thanks for sharing.
So tragic...The old saying,
"Money can't buy you happiness" is very evident here...Or even genius level aptitude. What is so strange about his mental condition is, he was very germaphobic, yet , sat watching movies naked, urinating in bottles ?
A very unsanitary cituation.
Not alot of logic in that, just compulsions.
BRAVO!!! WELL DONE; AS USUAL MR. SKINNER!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
POWERFUL AND SAD!!!
What an extraordinary and tragic life! RIP🙏
I love your documentaries!!!
I ❤ only God and my family.
Thank you, first class ❤️🇬🇧
Fantastic documentary, Jerry.
Wow !! , where did you get some of the footage? , I've never seen some of it. Also a lot of info never heard of before. Excellent work making this documentary , best I have seen about H. Hughes.
Humble, Texas is actually pronounced as "Umbull".... just wanted to let you know. So happy to see your upload!! I love your channel!!!
His dad graduated from the Missouri Military Acadamy in Mexico,Mo. We played those guys in football.
The man suffered brain damage after a plane he was piloting crashed. He was not insane.
Howard Hughes survived 3 plane crashes sustaining head injury on each occasion.
He got addicted to opiates after his life threatening injuries also Valium and other mind altering drugs.
I agree. Brain damage is the most logical explanation for his eccentric behavior. However, it also seems that he had some what eccentric behavior even at a young age, which my have been of mental origin.
Hughes was brilliant man. He was never crazy. He never used guinea pigs to do his test flights. He did it himself. He should be remembered as a great American
@@markbadgley6216idk about that
Very informative video. You came up with stuff I hadn’t heard before like I didn’t know he was arrested for Murder!! Or that he socked Ava Gardner!! What a Life that guy had! He was such a cute little boy who grew into a handsome man with the Brain of Eisenstein. How Tragic to end up in a dark room all alone naked & so sick. This was a good video Thanks & i hope you keep em comin ✌️
Great voice.
Good to hear from you ☺️🤠🤠
Likely won't be read as days after this video was posted. I have enjoyed your videos for months and apologize for not being subscribed. Thought I was. I appreciate your generous commentary and kind way you address the darker side of the biographee.
Really enjoyed this thanks 🙏
Private Citizen Hughes is a good read!
I read a biography of Howard Highes many years ago and fell for him - I was fascinated by his personality- it’s never happened before or since but I can’t remember the author’s
I do know it was a man and woman collaboration and I’m sure the female was called Pat
If anyone knows the title I’d love to read it again 😊
Val, if you want a book to read about Howard Hughes then read Empire I read it in the 80,s its a great book about an amazing man. It was a library book at the time.
@@PhilipCBooth
Thank you 🙏🏼- I will try find it ….I found him fascinating
Valerie, I looked it up. Empire, The life, Legend and madness of Howard Hughes. Donald L Barlett and James B Steele. Found 3. Ebay us 9.90. Act2 books 11.88 US Abe book's £24.43. Good luck.
Jerry, I ve followed many of your videos...I love your accent which makes me wonder which area of America are you from...also, have you considered a Bonnie Clyde story? Thank you for your work in retelling these bygone intriguing real life stories...🥂
Thank you! I'm in Mississippi. I also have one on Bonnie and Clyde. th-cam.com/video/PYZHKKbBeWg/w-d-xo.html
Howard you lived a hell of a life
He deserves credit for all his inventions and innovations in the aircraft industry. He flew around the world in record time. Although he could not serve in WW2, he tried tried to improve aircraft that could transport men and materiel.
And because of his intrepid experiments, he damaged his health due to 3 crashes, which one can say contributed to his dependence on painkillers that worsened his mental issues.
YOU ARE GREAT JERRY!
I worked for Hughes Aircraft Company in CA from 11/73 until 11/99. I remember when they made the announcement of his death over the loud speakers. He certainly was a genuis but a very sick and OCD personality. At least he is now at rest.
Not mentioned, but very significant is the fact that Howard's Hughes Aircraft is located just south of Tucson Arizona...The road, Rita Road....by which to reach the aircraft company is named after one of his beautiful screen girlfriends....Rita HAYWORTH. Hughes Industries was sold and is now referred to as RAYTHEON....builder of today's missiles, drones, and other weapons of mass destruction. What a twist and great bio Mr. Skinner spins! 🌹🌹🌹💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗
You almost got all of it right. Hughes bought land in Culver City in California where it later became Hughes Helicopters, there was Hughes Radar Systems, Hughes Electro-Optical and Hughes Space and Communications in El Segundo on El Segundo Blvd and Imperial Hwy and Sepulveda. I worked at all three divisions,best 36 years of my life, best pension plan ever thank you Howard Hughes!
As always this channel is excellent.
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Love your interesting videos. Thank you.
FYI, Humble Texas is pronounced with a silent H. I know it's weird, but it's Texas. Town names here are always a crap shoot. Humble Oil, was to become Esso then later on Exxon and eventually, Exxon-Mobil.
Very painful to watch him die alone with no one there for companionship- so sad.
Sir, you are a genius as well!
Thank you Jerry. Sad story, but we’ll done.
He had his head bashed in at least 4 times. No wonder he was quirkey.
We have a friend whose grandfather worked for Hughes, and he would call him at all hours of the night. One time his wife answered and said, Howard you’ve got to stop doing this.
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Very interesting thank you so much for your great work.
Great job Jerry
As a kid in the early 70s we flew on Huges Air West Jets. We called them banana planes they were all bright yellow ?
All the money in the world can't prevent what goes on inside someone's head. The man was a genius and insane at the same time.
I heard most of the men taking care of Howard Hughes in those last years were devoted Mormon men and that the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City got the bulk of the Hughes Estate. Do you know the truth about this? Also, there was a movie starring Jason Robards several years back I think called Howard and Me or something similar. Any truth to that movie about the man finding Howard Hughes in the desert outside of Las Vegas?
As best I recall, there were generous bequests to the help & the rest to various distant family. Multiple wills, all hotly contested, it was in the papers for several years.
Well done!
If there was a story about wealth not buying you happiness and health, well this is it. Plus he didn't enhanced anybody career. Thanks for posting.
He made several movie stars.
Thanking you sir. That was good
Awesome story. I never knew he was this far out in Neverland. Just think if he'd used his money to fight his mental state he'd probably lived alot longer and would've been in a lot better shape to make even more money though out his life
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It was sad from what he was to the person in later years what he became. I hope hes at peace now. Godbless him Amen 🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🛩✈️🛩✈️🛩✈️🛩✈️ 🛩 and happy in the sky 🛩🛩✈️✈️flying when alive what made him the happiest. REST IN PEACE HOWARD AMEN🙏🕊🦋🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏
For some reason I don't think ever saw this one.
I hope you're doing okay Jerry.
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I am Keith, thank you my friend for asking.. Jerry
I've been to that hotel in Acapulco and the beach at the back is where they filmed a scene for the movie "10" with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek.
The Acapulco Princess, a stunning jewel of a resort. I visited it in 1981.
i've read something like 5 biographies of hughes (one of them awful, one of them by robert maheu), and this totally aligns. really sad story, the guy surrounded himself with yesmen and that's why he fell apart and died the way he did.