Howard Robard Hughes (1905-1976) was a flamboyant entreprenuer who used an inherited fortune to achieve a national reputation in the motion picture and aviation industries, remaining in the news in later years because of his paranoid concern for...

When he passed away on August 16, 1976, billionaire financier Howard Hughes was considered the world's most mysterious man. Rumors abounded about the strange way he looked, his eccentricities, and the odd way he lived. But before he became a man...

Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. (24 December 1905 – 5 April 1976), was an American aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer and director, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. He is famous for setting multiple world air-speed records,...

Once again, a new wave of attention has focused the spotlight on one of America's most brilliant and mysterious aviation figures This past December 2004 marked the release of a new movie called The Aviator, which is directed by Martin Scorsese and based...

Hollywood's fascination with Howard Hughes long antedates "The Aviator," with at least five actors preceding Leonardo DiCaprio in playing the eccentric reclusive billionaire. And that's not counting others, like Warren Beatty and Johnny Depp, who signed to play him in movies that never got...

Howard Hughes Jr.'s childhood offered few hints about the remarkable career to come.Born in 1905 in Houston, Hughes led a sheltered life.Donald Barlett and James Steele described him in their book "Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness" as "quiet and shy, a boy who did...

Frank William Gay, a senior corporate officer for Howard Hughes and the recent target of a renewed claim on the billionaire's fortune, has died. He was 86.Gay, who lived in Humble, Texas, died Monday in a hospital in Kingwood, Texas, according to the Howard Hughes...