“World’s Dirtiest Man” Passes away at 94 having avoided a bath for 60 years

A man from Iran who was dubbed the “world’s dirtiest man” has died at the age of 94.

Amou Haji went more than 60 years without taking a bath before he died in Dejgah on Sunday, The Guardian reported.

Locals said he did not bathe due to “emotional setbacks in his youth,” the publication added.

They said that Haji was afraid he’d get sick if he used soap and water.

He ultimately gave in, and “for the first time a few months ago, villagers had taken him to a bathroom to wash,” Iran’s IRNA news agency reported.

“Not long after, he fell ill and finally, on Sunday… he gave up his life.”

Haji isn’t survived by any known family members, but he was beloved in the village, and some even reportedly built him a cinderblock hut to sleep in.

His fame spread further after he went viral for smoking a handful of cigarettes at a time. He would also use a metal plumbing object to smoke animal waste, The Telegraph added.

It was reported that he would eat rotten porcupine roadkill, and he drank five liters of water daily from a dirty bucket, per the publication.

Physicians from Tehran reportedly evaluated him earlier this year, and he was deemed healthy.