World’s dirtiest man’ dies at 94 shortly after taking first bath in decades

An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for living in filth and not washing for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday

Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, IRNA news agency reported.

Apart from an aversion to soap and water, the Iranian was otherwise healthy, despite only eating uncooked porcupine roadkill and drinking dirty water from puddles out of a rusty oil can.

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He also had a fondness for smoking animal dung out of an old pipe as well as four cigarettes at once.

But “for the first time a few months ago, villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash,” IRNA reported.

“Not long after, he fell ill and finally, on Sunday… he gave up his life,” it reported.

Amou also attracted the interest of scientists interested in studying what type of lifeforms might have taken up home on his body.

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But they were surprised to find he hadn’t suffered from any bacteria or parasites apart from Trichinosis, a bacteria that comes from eating raw meat and causes a common infection.

Tests including for HIV and hepatitis all came up negative as well… Amou lived in a shack on the outskirts of the village of Dejgah but was surprisingly well educated.

He discussed the pros and cons of the French and Russian Revolutions with visitors.

Amou knew the up-to-date politicians but also complained that the international publicity had made life difficult for him.

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Although his neighbours respect him, he said people turn up occasionally to taunt him, and even throw stones at him.

Amou Haji documentary

A short documentary film titled ‘The Strange Life of Amou Haji’ was made about his life in 2013.

With Haji’s death, the unofficial record of ‘World’s Dirtiest Man’ could go to an Indian man.

Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh, from a village outside the holy city of Varanasi, has not washed for more than 30 years, the Hindustan Times reports.

He rejects water in favour of what he called a “fire bath” in a bid to help end “all the problems confronting the nation”.

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