'World's dirtiest man' dies in Iran at 94

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Amou Haji avoided showering over fears of 'getting sick'

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An Iranian man nicknamed the "dirtiest man in the world"

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Amou Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century

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He was was single

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Haji had avoided showering over fears of "getting sick"

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A short documentary film titled

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"The Strange Life of Amou Haji" was his life

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He was produced in his life in 2013

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