";s:4:"text";s:21032:""Hughes and Jean Peters. Hughes spent a total of $300 million on his many properties in Las Vegas. Thomas. The two maintained a professional and private friendship for many years. The Sikorsky crashed into Lake Mead, killing CAA inspector Ceco Cline and Hughes' employee Richard Felt. ... Stanley Howard. [citation needed], President Harry S. Truman sent the Congressional medal to Hughes after the F-11 crash. Noah Dietrich asserted that Hughes did send Durkin $200 a month, but Durkin's daughter denied knowing that he received any money from Hughes.[20]:197[44]. [144], Melissa Rios, the mother of one of his children, David, died on March 27, 2020, following an epileptic seizure. In 1947, Howard Hughes was summoned to testify before the Senate War Investigating Committee to explain why the H-4 development had been so troubled, and why $22 million had produced only two prototypes of the XF-11. Hughes won both the Collier and Harmon trophies for his achievements in aviation throughout the 1930s, and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1973. The name "Summa"—Latin for "highest"—was adopted without the approval of Hughes himself, who preferred to keep his own name on the business, and suggested "HRH Properties" (for Hughes Resorts and Hotels, and also his own initials). Record nr. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 â April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an influential figure in the aviation industry. An oil leak caused one of the contra-rotating propellers to reverse pitch, causing the aircraft to yaw sharply and lose altitude rapidly. The hotel's eighth floor became the nerve center of Hughes' empire and the ninth-floor penthouse became his personal residence. [1][4] As a senior, Howard led his team to a 31–2 record and the 2004 state title,[4][5] while averaging 25 points, 18 rebounds, 8.1 blocks and 3.5 assists per game. Operating from there, the most technologically important aircraft he commissioned was the Hughes H-1 Racer. [59] After finally beginning to reserve 707 orders in 1956, Hughes embarked on a plan to build his own "superior" jet aircraft for TWA, applied for CAB permission to sell Hughes aircraft to TWA, and began negotiations with the state of Florida to build a manufacturing plant there. He wrote in a memo to an aide, "I like to think of Las Vegas in terms of a well-dressed man in a dinner jacket and a beautifully jeweled and furred female getting out of an expensive car. Howard led the NBA in rebounding from 2007 to 2010, and again from 2012 to 2013. [132] He subsequently moved into the Penthouse at the Xanadu Princess Resort on Grand Bahama Island, which he had recently purchased. Ten games into the season, the center was leading the league in blocks per game (4.2). Hughes then attempted to get the military to pay for the development of the D-2. In 1997 General Motors sold Hughes Aircraft to Raytheon and in 2000, sold Hughes Space & Communications to Boeing. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Learn how and when to remove this template message, $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling), "American National Biography Online: Hughes, Howard", http://users.tellurian.com/gjurrens/famous_hams.html, "Howard R. Hughes Jr. – The Record Setter. Later, when Tierney's daughter Daria was born deaf and blind and with a severe learning disability because of Tierney's exposure to rubella during her pregnancy, Hughes saw to it that Daria received the best medical care and paid all expenses. [55] Moving forward, Howard said he needed to "bring it" and dominate in more ways than just scoring. [6] On January 31, 2012, Howard was honored as one of the 35 greatest McDonald's All-Americans. Hughes retained the rights to pictures that he had personally produced, including those made at RKO. Harry Connor was the co-pilot, Thomas Thurlow the navigator, Richard Stoddart the engineer, and Ed Lund the mechanic. [32] For the season, Howard became the youngest player ever to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. Nancy Bayly (Watts), who was in the car with Hughes at the time of the crash, corroborated this version of the story. [citation needed], Injuries from numerous aircraft crashes caused Hughes to spend much of his later life in pain, and he eventually became addicted to codeine, which he injected intramuscularly. [143], Howard has five children by five women. ", "Millionaire Flyer and Society Girl testify at Inquest. Since Hughes wanted to focus primarily on his aircraft manufacturing and TWA holdings during the years of the Korean War of 1950 to 1953, Hughes offered to buy out all other stockholders in order to dispense with their distractions. However, his reputation as a financial wizard emerged unscathed. After disputes, Kaiser withdrew from the project and Hughes elected to continue it as the H-4 Hercules. Dropping him off at the Sands Hotel, Dummar said the man told him that he was Hughes. His average ground-speed over the flight was 322 mph (518 km/h). [71] He became a free agent in the summer, and he was offered a maximum contract of five years and $118 million by the Lakers.[70]. It has particularly emphasized capabilities in high-performance integrated-circuits, high-power lasers, antennas, networking, and smart materials. He may have watched movies to distract himself from his pain—a common practice among patients with intractable pain, especially those who do not receive adequate treatment. [14] Under his leadership, the Magic qualified for the 2007 NBA Playoffs as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. Charles was convicted on two counts of murder and sentenced to death. [citation needed] In hotly-disputed testimony over TWA's route awards and malfeasance in the defense-acquisition process, Hughes turned the tables on his main interlocutor, Maine Senator Owen Brewster, and the hearings were widely interpreted[by whom?] A default judgment was issued against Hughes Tool Company for $135 million in 1963, but was overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1973, on the basis that Hughes was immune from prosecution. [citation needed], Another portion of Hughes' commercial interests involved aviation, airlines, and the aerospace and defense industries. Hughes dated many famous women, including Billie Dove, Faith Domergue, Bette Davis, Ava Gardner, Olivia de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Janet Leigh, Rita Hayworth, Mamie Van Doren and Gene Tierney. [52][20]:209–210, Critics nicknamed the Hercules the Spruce Goose, but it was actually made largely from birch (not spruce) rather than from aluminum, because the contract required that Hughes build the aircraft of "non-strategic materials". Partners included George Von Elm or Ozzie Carlton. vs. Howard Hughes vs. A year and a half later, on January 19, 1937, flying the same H-1 Racer fitted with longer wings, Hughes set a new transcontinental airspeed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to Newark in seven hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds (beating his own previous record of nine hours, 27 minutes). [34] Hughes sent the plane to Houston, where it remained for many years. Howard Keel was the Errol Flynn and Clark Gable of "golden age" movie musicals back in the 1950s. [101][102] The couple met in the 1940s, before Peters became a film actress. "[8] In December 2007, ESPN writer David Thorpe declared Howard to be the most dominant center in the NBA. A steady stream of lawsuits from RKO's minority shareholders had grown to become extremely annoying to Hughes. [6] He was also co-MVP (with J. R. Smith) of the McDonald's All-American Game that year. He often scored near-par figures, played the game to a two-three handicap during his 20s, and for a time aimed for a professional golf career. [152] Howard was also involved in a civil case with Reed over custody of their son. Production dwindled to 9 pictures during the first year of Hughes' control; previously RKO had averaged 30 per year. ", "Wacko, junkie—and a great businessman despite all his eccentricities, Howard Hughes left behind a $1 billion empire. [citation needed]. [53][62][63] Still, on February 23, Howard said he was "not even close" to physically being where he wanted to be. [121] With Howard starting as center, Team USA won all of its games en route to the gold medal, breaking their drought of gold medals dating back to the 2000 Olympics. [26][27][27] He was awarded the Harmon Trophy in 1936[28] and 1938 for the record breaking global circumnavigation. Hughes had a "phobia about germs", and "his passion for secrecy became a mania."[20]:58–62,182–183. ", "TYCOONS: The Secret Life of Howard Hughes", "The movie so toxic it killed John Wayne: the tragedy of The Conqueror", "Business magnate and famed aviator Howard Hughes dies", "Howard Hughes and the atomic bomb in middle of Nevada", "Clifford Irving, Howard Hughes Prankster, Dies at 87", "Melvin Dummar, 74, Who Claimed Howard Hughes Left Him Millions, Dies", "Melvin and Howard (1980) – Movie Preview. [73] During the 2014 playoffs, Howard averaged 26 points and 13.7 rebounds per game, but the Rockets were eliminated by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round, losing the series 4–2. Hughes also had a role in the design and financing of both the Boeing 307 Stratoliner and Lockheed L-049 Constellation. It has long been speculated[107] that Nixon's drive to learn what the Democrats were planning in 1972 was based in part on his belief that the Democrats knew about a later bribe that his friend Bebe Rebozo had received from Hughes after Nixon took office. He intended to become a free agent at the end of the 2012–13 season if he was not traded to Brooklyn. Hughes acquired 1200 acres in Culver City for Hughes Aircraft, bought 7 sections [4,480 acres] in Tucson for his Falcon missile-plant, and purchased 25,000 acres near Las Vegas. Hughes enjoyed a highly successful business career beyond engineering, aviation, and filmmaking; many of his career endeavors involved varying entrepreneurial roles. Peters would state only that she had not seen Hughes for several years before their divorce and had dealt with him only by phone. From the 1940s to the late 1950s, the Hughes Tool Company ventured into the film industry when it obtained partial ownership of the RKO companies, which included RKO Pictures, RKO Studios, a chain of movie theaters known as RKO Theatres and a network of radio stations known as the RKO Radio Network. Charnay led the LBO buyout group that involved Howard Hughes and their partners acquiring Air West. [45] On April 5, Van Gundy said that he had been informed by management that Howard wanted him fired. [N 2], Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was the son of Allene Stone Gano (1883–1922) and of Howard R. Hughes Sr. (1869–1924), a successful inventor and businessman from Missouri. On November 21, 2020, the Philadelphia 76ers signed Howard to a one-year deal. [112], During the season, the Lakers split time fairly evenly between him and starting center JaVale McGee. A few days after the order arrived, Hughes announced he was tired of banana nut and wanted only French vanilla ice cream. [98][99] By the time of the coroner's inquiry, however, the witness had changed his story and claimed that Meyer had moved directly in front of Hughes' car. ", As an owner of several major Las Vegas businesses, Hughes wielded much political and economic influence in Nevada and elsewhere. [160] In November 2009, the center was named one of the 10 finalists for the Jefferson Awards for Public Service, which awards athletes for their charitable work. In 1958, Hughes told his aides that he wanted to screen some movies at a film studio near his home. to have influenced the design of a number of World War II fighters such as the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Focke-Wulf Fw 190, and F8F Bearcat,[23] although that has never been reliably confirmed. The military services opposed the project, thinking it would siphon resources from higher-priority programs, but Hughes' powerful allies in Washington, D.C., advocated for it. [7], Following his high school successes, Howard chose to forego college and declared for the 2004 NBA draft—a decision partly inspired by his idol Kevin Garnett who had done the same in 1995—where the Orlando Magic selected him first overall over UConn junior Emeka Okafor. [20]:128, The Outlaw premiered in 1943, but was not released nationally until 1946. [58] Although he never had an official position with TWA, Hughes handpicked the board of directors, which included Noah Dietrich, and often issued orders directly to airline staff. His father is a Georgia State Trooper and serves as athletic director at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, a private academy with one of the best high school basketball programs in the country; his mother played on the inaugural women's basketball team at Morris Brown College. ... Howard Thurman (adapted) "When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is ⦠Later he controlled the RKO film studio. [citation needed], Initially staying in the Desert Inn, Hughes refused to vacate his room, and instead decided to purchase the entire hotel. Prince Charles visits 99-year-old Prince Philip in hospital. On January 21, 2010, Howard was named as the starting center for the East in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game. He acquired and expanded Trans World Airlines and later acquired Air West, renaming it Hughes Airwest. [30], Other aviator awards include: the Bibesco Cup of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1938, the Octave Chanute Award in 1940, and a special Congressional Gold Medal in 1939 "in recognition of the achievements of Howard Hughes in advancing the science of aviation and thus bringing great credit to his country throughout the world". Dummar's story was later adapted into Jonathan Demme's film Melvin and Howard in 1980.[141]. [20]:11,145–148, Hughes is commonly credited as the driving force behind the Lockheed Constellation airliner, which Hughes and Frye ordered in 1939 as a long-range replacement for TWA's fleet of Boeing 307 Stratoliners. In November 1944, the hangar containing the D-2A was reportedly hit by lightning and the aircraft was destroyed. As a result of the hearings, the shaky status of RKO became increasingly apparent. 25. In 1948, Hughes gained control of RKO, a struggling major Hollywood studio, by acquiring the 929,000 shares owned by Floyd Odlum's Atlas Corporation, for $8,825,000. He placed ownership of the restaurants with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and all licenses were resold shortly after. [73][74][75][76] The indictment, made by U.S. Attorney DeVoe Heaton, accused the group of conspiring to drive down the stock price of Air West in order to pressure company directors to sell to Hughes. [117], Howard was named on March 5, 2006 to the 2006–2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team program. [150][151] Howard was not charged in connection with the allegations. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle—oddities that were caused in part by his worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness. [68][69], Howard finished the season with his lowest scoring average since his second year in the NBA, but he was the league leader in rebounding and ranked second in field goal percentage. Howard Hughes aide dies. [66] Hughes Airwest was then acquired by and merged into Republic Airlines (1979–1986) in late 1980. There they, defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 4–2. Taking off from New York City, Hughes continued to Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, and Minneapolis, then returning to New York City. The Warriors hacked Howard intentionally throughout the game, and he broke Wilt Chamberlain's regular-season record of 34 set in 1962. Howard, who plays center, spent his high school career at Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy. Hughes continued to work for American Airlines until his real identity was discovered. [144] In 2010, Howard won a defamation judgment against Royce Reed,[145] the mother of his oldest child Braylon. On July 11, 1936, Hughes struck and killed a pedestrian named Gabriel S. Meyer with his car at the corner of 3rd Street and Lorraine in Los Angeles. [citation needed] In addition to the Desert Inn, Hughes would eventually own the Sands, Frontier, Silver Slipper, Castaways and Landmark and Harold's Club in Reno. This is speculative. T.W.A. Howard Sr.'s will had not been updated since Allene's death, and Hughes inherited 75% of the family fortune. Jean Harlow accompanied him to the premiere of Hell's Angels, but Noah Dietrich wrote many years later that the relationship was strictly professional, as Hughes apparently disliked Harlow personally. [104][105] In March 2019, it was revealed that Howard, in addition to his back injury, was also dealing with a hamstring issue. With a barrel-chested swagger and cocky, confident air, the 6'4" brawny baritone Keel had MGM's loveliest songbirds swooning helplessly for over a decade in what were some of the finest musical films ever produced. He golfed frequently with top players, including Gene Sarazen. Squad Past Argentina to Claim Gold, USA Basketball Announces 12-Member 2008 Men’s Senior National Team, US hoops back on top, beats Spain for gold medal, Just a 42 for 12'6" sticker slap? During the interview, the center walked up and hugged his coach, unaware that Van Gundy had confirmed a report that Howard denied. ", "Sportsman Arrested After Traffic Death. In 1952, an abortive sale to a Chicago-based group connected to the mafia with no experience in the industry disrupted studio operations at RKO even further. Booed throughout the game, he made 25-of-39 free throws, setting franchise records for free throws made and attempted while tying his own NBA record for attempts. [110] To assure the team that he would accept any role the team asked, Howard offered to sign a non-guaranteed contract, freeing the Lakers to cut him at any time. That's his opinion. [82] On December 26, he eclipsed 15,000 points for his career in a loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. It was built in Hughes' Westchester, California, facility. [112] Terry Lenzner, who was the chief investigator for the Senate Watergate Committee, speculates that it was Nixon's desire to know what O'Brien knew about Nixon's dealings with Hughes that may have partially motivated the Watergate break-in. After his death in 1976, many thought that the balance of Hughes' estate would go to the Institute, although it was ultimately divided among his cousins and other heirs, given the lack of a will to the contrary. [40] Howard stated that although his preference was to remain in Orlando, he did not feel the Magic organization was doing enough to build a championship contender. They moved into the Ambassador Hotel, and Hughes proceeded to learn to fly a Waco, while simultaneously producing his first motion picture, Swell Hogan.[20]. [citation needed]. The XF-11 was a large, all-metal, two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-4360-31 engines, each driving a set of contra-rotating propellers. For Howard Hughes, this was the virtual end of his 25-year involvement in the motion-picture industry. In 1978, a Nevada court ruled the Mormon Will a forgery, and officially declared that Hughes had died intestate (without a valid will). According to Noah Dietrich, "Land became a principal asset for the Hughes empire". [20]:196, The Hughes D-2 was conceived[by whom?] [8] He was also named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team,[33] and to the All-NBA First Team. [12][14] The red-brick house where Hughes lived as a teenager at 3921 Yoakum Blvd., Houston, still stands, now on the grounds of the University of St. ", "Watergate: 'Aviator' Connection?, Lesley Stahl Talks To Watergate Investigator About Motive For Break-In. Paramount Pictures acquired the rights of the film in 1979, 3 years after his death. [110][111] He was replacing DeMarcus Cousins, a free agent signed earlier in the offseason who was lost for the year after suffering a knee injury. [24] While Hughes had previously been relatively obscure despite his wealth, being better known for dating Katharine Hepburn, New York City now gave him a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes. Howard led the league in double-doubles and also averaged 14.1 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and a career-high 1.3 steals this season. Howard set numerous franchise and league records during his time with the Magic. Republic was subsequently acquired by and merged into Northwest Airlines which in turn was ultimately merged into Delta Air Lines in 2008. ";s:7:"keyword";s:23:"howard charles how tall";s:5:"links";s:972:"Panda Helper Ipa,
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