World's Dirtiest Man' Who Didn't Shower for Over 50 Yrs for Fear of Getting 'Sick' Dies at 94: Iran

By:- TB Team/Akhil Zee news 

Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars

Can you imagine not showering for a year? Most of us may have gone a maximum of a week without taking a bath but never a year. However, there is a man in Iran who had not bathed for over half a century. It is believed that the Iranian man called the ‘World’s dirtiest man’ did not take a bath for 50 years. As per an AFP report, he died at the age of 94 on Tuesday (Oct 25). The man named Amou Haji did not take a bath as he was afraid of water. He breathed his last in a village called Dejgah in the southern province of Fars – one of the 31 provinces in Iran. 

An Iranian man nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world" for not taking a shower 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 and was single, died on Sunday in the village of Dejgah in the southern province of Fars, IRNA news agency reported.

Haji had avoided showering over fears of “getting sick", the agency quoted a local official as saying.

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

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

A short documentary film titled "The Strange Life of Amou Haji" was made about his life in 2013, according to Iranian media outlets.