Amou Haji, known as 'the world's dirtiest man,' has died at the age of 94 in Iran. He died 'not long' after villagers took him to a bathroom to wash, according to local media.
Amou Haji died Sunday in the village of Dezhgah, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency . He had refused to bathe for more than 60 years, fearing it would make him sick.
He gained notoriety around the globe for his unofficial title as"world’s dirtiest man," and his life was even chronicled in a 2013 documentary called "The Strange Life of Amou Haji."Villagers had recently pressured him to bathe, and"for the first time a few months ago, villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash," the IRNA report stated, according to The Telegraph.
Amou Haji sits in front of an open brick shack that villagers constructed for him on the outskirts of Dezhgah, Iran, on Dec. 28, 2018.and finally, on Sunday … he gave up his life," the report continued, according to The Telegraph. Amou Haji sits in front of an open brick shack that villagers constructed for him on the outskirts of Dezhgah, Iran, on Dec. 28, 2018.
Amou Haji reportedly had no wife or family, but some villagers tried to look after him, including reportedly building him a cinder-block dwelling."Emotional setbacks in his youth" reportedly kept him from bathing, according to villagers cited by The Guardian.Amou Haji smokes from his water pipe near the village of Dezhgah, Iran, on Dec. 28, 2018.