TYCOONS: THE HUGHES LEGACY SCRAMBLE FOR THE BILLIONS
(11 of 11)
In life, Howard Hughes was able to conceal most of his foibles and fancies from public view. But if the case goes to court, the various claimant sides will be forced to reveal as much as they can about his state of mind and his way of life in order to prove the validity of their own claims to his fabulous wealth. It seems quite likely that the looming litigation will peel back the layers of mystery. They still cloak Hughes in much the same manner as the yellow sheet that shrouded his emaciated corpse on his last flight home.
* For TIME'S cover portrait, Artist Barron Storey worked from old photos of Hughes and eyewitness descriptions provided last week by the two pilots of the ambulance plane and the Houston customs inspector who admitted the body to the U.S.
Most Popular »
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
- One Year After the Mumbai Massacre, a Trial Plods On
- In His Cave, a Palestinian Farmer Makes a Stand
- Ahmadinejad in Brazil: Why Lula Defies the U.S.
- The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
- California Judge Challenging Obama on Gay Rights
- Me and Orson Welles: Zac Efron Takes the Stage
- Zhu Zhu Mania: Hamster Toys Are Ruling Christmas
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade From Hell
- The Gospel of Glee: Is It Anti-Christian?
- Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China
- Zhu Zhu Mania: Hamster Toys Are Ruling Christmas
- Obama's 'Mistakes': Way Too Early to Judge
- When Thanksgiving Comes to Afghanistan
- How Silvio Berlusconi Uses Women on TV
- Think Big with an African Ocean Safari
- In His Cave, a Palestinian Farmer Makes a Stand
Quotes of the Day »
Quotes of the Day »
RSS