Tehran, Europe Brief News – The Iranian man known as “the world’s dirtiest man” has died at the age of 94.
Amou Haji died just months after having his first wash in decades.
He had refused to use soap and water for more than half a century, fearing it would make him sick.
The Iranian, who lived in the southern province of Fars, had avoided previous attempts by villagers to get him clean.
But, local media say, “the world’s dirtiest man” finally succumbed to pressure and washed a few months ago.
According to Iran’s IRNA news agency, he became ill shortly afterwards and died on Sunday.
In a previous interview, given to the Tehran Times in 2014, he revealed his favourite meal was porcupine, and that he lived between a hole in the ground and a brick shack built by concerned neighbours in the village of Dejgah.
He told the outlet at the time his unusual choices were down to “emotional setbacks” when he was younger.
Years of not bathing had left him with skin covered in “soot and pus”, IRNA said, while his diet had consisted of rotten meat and unsanitary water drunk from an old oil can.
Attempts to bathe him, or offer him clean water to drink, made him sad, the news agency said.
