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[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hughes built aircraft, cars, dated addresses and owned casinos.

He is the guy in charge of the spruce goose.

Are you thinking of Hearst ?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh my bad, I was thinking of Hugh Hefner.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s playboy.

Howard Hughes is who Tony stark is based on. Fascinating man.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's why I thought the Stark comparison was stronger with who we thought Musk was at one time lol.

I see it now though, now that I understand who you actually meant.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -2 points 6 months ago

If you haven’t read about Hughes, do so. It’s interesting to see everything he did and what a celebrity he was. That’s who Elon wanted to be.

Sadly Hughes died a horrible death. Was very odd as he got older due to his injuries.