Author: "Howard Hughes lived on"

[Chris_]

Eight years before his "death," Hughes substituted a Las Vegas derelict for himself and escaped his identity yet continued to operate his business affairs until his stand-in died and his family overturned his famous will in court. It says Hughes spent his exile in the Panama Canal Zone, the Florida Panhandle, Arizona and Alabama in the privacy he craved. He assumed the identity of aircraft maintenance supervisor Verner "Nik" Nicely, the name of a real person who conveniently disappeared while working with or for the CIA in Panama.

Reportedly, as they say.

Hughes died in 2001, at age 96, according to the book.

Hughes had lost access to his fortune but won the heart of a woman, married her and stayed married 31 years until his death, according to the book.

The wife, Eva McLelland, who died last year, told her story to Mark Musick, who has been documenting this off-road saga for almost a decade. Wellman wrote the book for him.

"It is a wild story," Musick acknowledged. "It changes history."

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that is really interesting.  I may have to read the book.

[vesta111]

that is really interesting.  I may have to read the book.

ME TOO.

It was not surprising to me at any rate that the story's about him were so strange.

It was said he designed Rita Hayward's bras at one time.

Rumors of after his death it was found thousands of mason jars filled with his feces.

When you look at the facts of his later years in life one has to wonder that if the family wanted his money, why did they not declare him incompetent.

All the story's about famous people that  were actually  thought to have survived after being thought dead, Anastasia for one, Hitler and Ava for another.

Judge Crater and that mob boss they still look for.   Amelia Airheart, John Wilkes Booth and even Billy the kid.