User:OnBeyondZebrax/sandbox/Howard Hughes

"Howard Hughes--the billionaire aviator, motion-picture producer and business tycoon--spent most of his life trying to avoid germs. Toward the end of his life, he lay naked in bed in darkened hotel rooms in what he considered a germ-free zone. He wore tissue boxes on his feet to protect them. And he burned his clothing if someone near him became ill." "Nearly two years after his death, Hughes's estate attorney called on former APA CEO Raymond D. Fowler, PhD, to conduct a psychological autopsy to determine Hughes's mental and emotional condition in his last years and to help understand the origins of his mental disorder. Fowler determined that "Hughes's fear of germs grew throughout his life, and he concurrently developed obsessive-compulsive symptoms around efforts to protect himself from germs."

The film The Aviator depicts the biography of Howard Hughes. In the film, "...Hughes appears to have been affected by OCD symptoms that at times were severe and incapacitating." "Many of Hughes’ OCD symptoms were apparently quite classic, particularly his contamination-related fears."