No one could have predicted what happened next.
How he died
Just a few months after taking that first bath, Amou Haji became ill.
According to Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency, the 94-year-old died on October 23, 2022, in the village of Dezh Gah.
Reports stated that he fell sick not long after finally washing himself.
His death quickly reignited global interest in his story, with many people speculating whether there was a connection between the bath and his passing.
However, there is no evidence that bathing itself caused his death.
At 94 years old, Haji had already exceeded the average life expectancy in many parts of the world.
Still, the timing led to countless headlines noting the remarkable coincidence that the man who spent six decades avoiding soap and water died only months after finally taking a bath.
Whether connected or not, the strange sequence of events added one final chapter to one of the most unusual lives ever documented.
See more images of Amou Haji at IRNA here.
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Annie Walton Doyle is a content editor at IGV who specializes in trending, lifestyle, and entertainment news. She graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London, with a degree in English Literature. Annie has previously worked with organizations such as The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Harvard University, the Pulitzer Prize, and 22 Words.
