Iran’s 94-year-old “dirtiest man” dies

A 94-year-old Iranian man dubbed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades died on Tuesday, according to official media.

Amou Haji, who did not bathe for more than fifty years and was single, passed away on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, according to the IRNA news agency.

On the outskirts of the hamlet of Dezhgah in the Dehram district of the southwestern Iranian province of Fars, Amou Haji sits in front of an open brick shelter that the locals made for him. Villagers assert that Haji’s leather-like skin has not been washed with soap or water in more than 60 years, making him the dirtiest man in the world. AFP Images via Getty

A local official was cited as claiming that Haji had delayed taking a shower for fear of “becoming ill.”

IRNA claimed that locals had taken him to a restroom for the first time a few months earlier.

According to Iranian media sites, a short documentary entitled “The Strange Life of Amou Haji” was filmed about his life in 2013.