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The 1973 song "Broadway melody of 1974" by Genesis referenced Howard Hughes: "There's Howard Hughes in blue suede shoes / Smiling at the majorettes, smoking Winston cigarettes". [ 198 ] The 1974 song " Workin' at the Car Wash Blues " by Jim Croce compares the main protagonist of the song to Howard Hughes in one of the lyrics.
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Howard Hughes (1939–1965) Ralph Damon ... Charles Tillinghast (1961–1976) L.E. Smart (since 1976) ... Hughes provided $10,000,000 worth of financing, which was ...
Late billionaire Howard Hughes once literally lost the shirt off his back -- and it can now be yours. ... Hughes, who died in 1976 at the age of 70, owned 78% of Trans World Airlines’s stock ...
1976: Howard Hughes died at the age of 70, leaving no will. 1984: The Summa Corporation sold Hughes Helicopters to McDonnell Douglas for $500 million; it was soon renamed McDonnell Douglas Helicopters. 1984: The Delaware Court of Chancery appointed eight trustees to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; they decided to sell Hughes Aircraft.
A Coconut Grove, Florida estate with deep ties to American aviation legend Howard Hughes has listed for a staggering $55.5 million, The Post has learned. The property last sold in 2021 for an ...
Howard Hughes died in 1976 at the age of 70, without a valid will. [3] Administrators were appointed, led by his cousin William Lummis. Under Lummis, Summa began to liquidate most of its operations. Summa's money-losing mining interests in Nevada were sold by the end of 1976, while KLAS-TV and Hughes Sports Network were both sold in 1978.
The 'Oracle of Omaha' confirmed this summer that his $144 billion fortune would be transferred to a charitable trust that his three children would oversee: Susan, Howard, and Peter.