Three views of American industrialist, aviator, and film producer Howard Hughes as he speaks with journalists during a Senate hearing to determine whether Hughes misused funds from a government defense contract in August 1947.Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Chris Roberts had never met Howard Hughes, but she joked that she was going to use the money she inherited from him to purchase the ice skating rink she worked at and burn it to the ground. Mr. Dummar, who was Mormon, insisted that he had no idea how it got there. Actress Terry Moore claimed she married Hughes in 1949 when she was 18 and he had been 43 and that it was never annulled. Hughes became excessively private after the accident, and reportedly had obsessive compulsive disorder and began using drugs. Hughes made other films, most notably "Scarface," based on gangster Al Capone's life, but in 1932, his focus was still on flying. In 1899, he was run out of town by the furious father of a girl he tried to seduce. Howard Hughes poses at entry hatch of one of his airplanes in 1947. From his mother, he developed an aversion to germs. By the age of four, it was obvious that Sonny Hughes had inherited the partial deafness that ran in the family. When he died in 1976, he threw the United States court systems into a tizzy, because he died Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released this week. Cough cough.. cue the crickets.. chirp chirp.. single clap, gafaw.. A dingy.. The uncle turned to Dietrich and said, "Now I can better understand your problems in dealing with Hughes. By 1970, Hughes was a prisoner of his own design. Hughes agreed. The cast, directed by Stephen Sommers, included the original Wolverine Hugh Jackman, Richard Roxburgh, and Robbie Coltrane. Dietrich got a court order to reclaim many of his personal possessions from his old offices. During this period, he faced lawsuits from his airline TWA. Howard Hughes is shown being loaded into an ambulance shortly after his newest plane, the XF-11, crashed into three homes in fashionable Beverly Hills in 1946. When he died in 1976, he threw the United States court systems into a tizzy, because he died without leaving any kind of will and testament. He was extracted from the wreckage as it went up in flames and rushed to the hospital. #83, Queen Elizabeth II " $43.4 billion. I don't understand him at all. Dietrich was born on February 28, 1889, in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of German-born evangelical Lutheran minister John Dietrich, and the former Sarah Peters. Time[4] revealed in 1972 that a copy of an early draft of the manuscript for Dietrich's memoir, ghost-written by journalist James Phelan, may have fallen into Clifford Irving's hands, and identified the draft as a key element in Irving's being able to convince publishers and others that his hoax Hughes autobiography was genuine. The film, directed by Michael Bay, starred Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett. Beckinsale transformed herself into an action figure for the vampire-slaying werewolf character, Selena. But it took decades before it was all wrapped up. ", Thomson added: "Hughes did what every shy, lonely moviegoer dreams of doing. Once again the censors were outraged, but Hughes was laughing all the way to the bank. Universal Pictures had even paid for the sequels original Transylvania sets in the hopes of returning to film, but the project was scrapped at the last moment. He contributed up to $400,000 a year in political donations for all sorts of public figures, from local tax assessors to vice presidents. Howard Hughes speaks into microphones as he testifies that he did not offer to pay $100,000 if he could persuade New York officials to relax their ban against the motion picture The Outlaw. A jury decided that the will was forged, and while no one was ever officially charged, Mr. Dummar was found guilty in the court of public opinion. From there, the lies built upon each other. Hughes also limited his salary to $50,000 per year, without dividend payments, thus limiting his income tax. Head and shoulders portrait of Jean Peters, wife of Howard Hughes. Was Howard Hughes the richest man in the world? He grew up in Fallon, in western Nevada, and held a series of odd jobs, including truck driver and milk deliveryman. film franchise grossed $533 million worldwide with a $12 million pooled budget for all five films. At the same time, he was building a huge aerospace company to develop spy technology for the military. ", "Howard Hughes was not the only mogul in Hollywood who profited off treating actresses as sex goddess flavors of the month," Longworth wrote. He was the richest man in America, the world at his fingertips, But once the will naming him a beneficiary was ruled a fraud in 1978, Mr. Dummars life took a dark turn. Howard Hughes (HHC) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.07 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.97 per share. He immediately checked into the Beverly Hills Hotel, another place your supposed to stay temporarily, but Hughes ended up staying in for years. Based on Howard Huges: The Secret Life, the film was directed by legendary Martin Scorsese and starred Academy Award winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. A pretrial agreement meant that Hughes' 16 cousins were given 71.5% of the estate. Hughes used his money to woo women. Three pilots died during filming. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII was worth $210.8 billion. He picked him up and drove him to Las Vegas. But this time he took it further. From that moment on, he would be at his most peaceful when he was alone in an airplane flying high above a world that he so often tried to escape. He died of cancer on Sunday at 74 in Pahrump, Nev. By the time the Hughes inheritance was settled by a probate court jury in Texas in 1981, more than 600 people had made claims to the fortune, and 40 wills, all supposedly written by Mr. Hughes, had been produced and rejected. The tale was later turned into an award-winning movie titled "Melvin and Howard," but unfortunately for Melvin Dummar, the fake will he produced after Hughes's death got him into hot water in the courtroom (via WREG). Hepburn thought it was a cheap move and got angry with Cary Grant, her co-star, for inviting Hughes onto the set. He was a Roman general and politician and the man who suppressed Spartacus' slave uprising. In her memoir, "Ava: My Story," Gardner wrote that Hughes "was enthusiastic about only four things: money, movies, aircraft, and beautiful young women with beautiful breasts. The Hughes case reached the Supreme Court twice. Sources: Far Out, New York Times, New Republic. St The brilliant and fearless visible millionaire was transforming into a mysterious, invisible recluse. He was one of them. The Spruce Goose flying boat, designed by Howard Hughes, is towed to a temporary site at Long Beach before being exhibited to the public beside the Queen Mary liner. I recently visited his grave in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., and was surprised at how modest it was for a billionaire. An air-fleet was contracted that was bigger than that of some countries. He famously grew out his hair and fingernails. [3]:102104,147,192,254, Some of Dietrich's duties got him caught in the middle of disputes with members of Hughes' family. Even the details of his birth were falsified. The FBI, who were keeping tabs on him, noted in 1957 that he was acting like a screwball paranoiac adding that he could even be capable of murder. The result of his efforts was the H1, which Hughes flew to a new world speed record of 352 miles per hour on August 18th, 1935. The planned sequel never happened despite collecting a massive $300 million at the global box office and $120 million at the domestic box office. Karina Longworth wrote about Hughes in her book, Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood. He dropped out of college to take control of the company, quickly discovering that he knew nothing about the oil business. There were 40 fake wills as well, including one that would have given the majority of his estate to the Mormon Church, along with a portion to a young gas attendant Hughes had reportedly met years earlier. A short time later, the US Government came calling. Then, I want you to make me the richest man in the world. And it was this insistence which brought about his closest call yet. . She was told by her studio that she had been wrong to hit Hughes, but it was enough for her to stop seeing him. His flights weren't always smooth. His mother had died suddenly when he was 16, after suffering complications from an ectopic pregnancy. The planned sequel never happened despite collecting a massive $300 million at the global box office and $120 million at the domestic box office. Those relatives stood to inherit the Hughes fortune, estimated at more than $2 billion (about $9 billion today), if they could prove that the will brought forth by Mr. Dummar was fraudulent. That's because he lived more than 2000 years ago. Per ABC 13, immediately after Hughes' death was announced in 1976, the press flocked to Houston, Texas. [3]:295298. , the war epic based on actual events from World War II debuted in the top 2 on the 2001 Memorial day weekend, racking in $75.1 million. During his hospital stay, he got fed up with the bed and designed a bed with a motor this would be what future hospital beds were based on. He then turned the project over to another journalist, Bob Thomas, who finished the Dietrich memoir within six weeks. 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Kelly Will Pay More Than $300,000 For Therapy And Herpes Treatment To Sex Crimes Victims, Post Malone Abruptly Postponed Saturday Show In Boston, A Look At Jay-Z's Dating History: All Of Rapper's Girlfriends, Ranked By Net Worth, The Clooney Garage: Inside George Clooneys Insane Car Collection, Elvis and Priscilla Presleys Honeymoon House In California Is Listed for $5.65 Million, The Highest-Grossing Tracy Morgan Movies, Ranked, Paris Hilton Flaunts Her 'Signature Style' As She Returns To The Runway For Milan Fashion Week, Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine Allegedly Sued By Fashion Nova For $350,000. Hughes later sold the movie studio in 1957. He said Hollywood had become "too complicated" for him. WebIn May, 1968, Fortune magazine estimated Hughes's wealth at between $985.5 million and $1,373 million. According to EW, the war epic based on actual events from World War II debuted in the top 2 on the 2001 Memorial day weekend, racking in $75.1 million. He was the only child of Allene and Howard Hughes Sr. Howard Hughes at the controls of an airplane in 1940. 2001 Pearl Harbour crossed $449 million worldwide despite Kate receiving negative reviews for her role as a nurse in the film. Despite being heavily criticized in the film circles, the war theme clicked with the audience, and the movie grossed $449 million at the global box office. John Springer Collection/Corbis/Getty Images. Noah Dietrich has been portrayed within several adaptations: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It would then be five more years until the questions around his final will were finalized, reports The Washington Post. Away from the over protective gaze of his mother, it seemed, he was able to shake off his effeminate nature and show his true colors. He then pointed to a sign further up the river advertising rides on a Curtis Flying Boat for $5. The heart of his empire was the Summa Corporation, a personal holding company created when Hughes liquidated his shares in the Hughes Tool Company in 1972. Then, suddenly, a propeller malfunction causing the plane to plummet to the ground. But the young Hughes also gained a reputation as a technical whizz-kid. Watson didn't clarify who the photo was for or why they wanted it. [3]:9099, Dietrich guided the expansion of Hughes empire by using Hughes Tool Co. profits to purchase real estate, thus avoiding penalties for excess accumulated surplus. The Hughes Tool Company has grown from this 1909 building to a billion dollar business with factory facilities spread over a 90-acre area, all owned by Howard Hughes Jr. But three weeks later he turned up in the Bahamas. " Hughes did the same things that other men did he just did them more crudely. Started by his father, Howard R. Hughes, Sr., Hughes Tool Company or Toolco manufactured oil drilling equipment, especially the multiple-edge, revolving-teeth roller cutter drill bits the elder Hughes invented. Donald Nixon, nephew of former US President Richard Nixon, speaks to the media on July 5, 1995. Hughes was meant to be held accountable, but he fought back. Kate replaced Gwyneth Paltrow, originally chosen to play Ava Gardner in the film. #39, Warren Buffett " $62 billion. When he finally emerged from the screening room in the spring of 1958, Hughes was an unkempt, ragged and pathetic mess. Desperately wrestling with the controls, Hughes hoped to land on a fairway at the Los Angeles country club. Over those four months at the studio his personal hygiene rapidly deteriorated, even as his germ obsession intensified. Yet, Dietrich wrote, Hughes "simply could not bring himself to let anyone share in his ownership. Howard Hughes is shown here seated alone in the normally jam-packed Senate caucus room. This made him a billionaire and the richest man in America. By Steve T on October 10, 2017 Business, Celebrity. Despite the loan, Donald Nixon had to close his burger business anyway the following year. Hughes beat her and in retaliation Gardner hit him in the face with a heavy bronze ornament, according to The New Republic. He was buried at Houston's Glenwood Cemetery. ", She said Hughes' control over his actresses was "an open secret in Hollywood at the time. For instance, a report said he spent four months in a dark screening room, often naked, watching films and eating nothing but chicken, chocolate, and milk. A bemused stunt man commented that at least he hasnt injured his check writing arm.. According to. The movie would be released just as he intended. By the time that Howard, junior, known as Sonny, entered the world in 1905, his father was still chasing oil. Howard Hughes used to be one of the richest men in the world. In 1966, he checked into the top floor of the Desert Inn in Las Vegas. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it agent, Gary N. Magnesen, investigated Mr. Dummars claims and wrote two books The Investigation (2005) and Stolen Justice (2015) in his defense. In 1966, conducting negotiations completely by telephone, Hughes sold his controlling share in TWA. Nicholas II of Russia. The Hughes were wealthy after Howard Sr. invented a popular drill bit that could grind through granite so oilers could access Texan oil, which he licensed out. These injuries were going to cause him suffering for the rest of his life. His achievements were astounding he created the fastest plane on the planet, was the driving force behind the largest aircraft ever built and was a pioneer in film making and yet he is remembered for the eccentricities that drove him from hero to hermit. He was not one of triplets, nor was he his mothers sisters illegitimate son or a substitute baby brought in to replace the one who had died. 7. His drug use escalated as he fought continuous pain, now injecting himself with morphine to supplement his mega doses of codeine and valium. He told the newspapers it was his first accident since he'd begun driving at 12 and he had never "even hit a cat or dog.". [2] He graduated from Janesville High School in 1906, married in 1910, and became a bank cashier in Maxwell, New Mexico, for the next six months. But, he said, he unearthed several witnesses, including one who said he had seen Mr. Hughes in the desert visiting a brothel at the same time that Mr. Dummar was driving through. By the age of 19, both of Hughes parents were dead. Over 31 seasons he proved to be the reliable, compassionate and all-wise friendly neighbor who guided millions of youngsters through their childhood. But rather than sit on his fortune, Hughes, despite his pathetic physical condition, set his sights on conquering a new frontier Las Vegas. This was one crash that Hughes wasnt able to walk away from. [3]:190191, Dietrich also discussed in considerable detail the real impetus behind the government's investigation of Hughes Aircraft following World War II. The couple broke up after a physical altercation. Instead Hughes, who was not interested in running his father's company, dropped out of university and moved to Los Angeles with Rice so he could chase his two dreams directing cinema and flying planes. WebHoward Hughes was the richest person in the world from 1960 to until his death in 1976. Within six months he had also married the darkly pretty, but seriously hypochondriacal Allene Gano. Mr. Dummar Many claimed to be his relatives, and many showed up to court in person. He wanted more money, so he parlayed inherited wealth He told his aides that he wanted to view some movies at a studio on Sunset Boulevard. But he started life in a corner of the Austrian Empire Early. A year later his picture appeared in the local newspaper, proudly standing next to the first motorized bicycle in Houston, which he had put together from steam engine parts. Things went downhill from here. Howard Hughes seated in an automobile in 1940. It's been 45 years since eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes died and people are still looking for his will. Hereditary deafness made socializing difficult for him, and he had a growing paranoia that germs were going to kill him. Howard Hughes smiled wanly for the camera in Kansas City in 1946. 3. Every day, she washed him with antiseptic scrubs. People showed up claiming to be the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth cousins of Hughes which of them should be able to claim their part of the fortune? "[3]:73, In time, Dietrich came to serve as an executive for most of Hughes' enterprises, including Trans World Airlines (TWA),[3]:147 RKO Pictures[3]:237 and Hughes Aircraft. Oprah is only worth about $2.7 billion. His father, Arnold, was a miner and worked in construction; his mother, Chloe (Winder) Dummar, was a homemaker. He was already quite fit and quickly learned to whittle, perfect Indian signs and simulate bird calls. But the crashes didn't stop him, and with all of the press around his record-breaking flights, his popularity soared. 5. In order to break into the business, he signed talented director Lewis Milestone to a 3-year contract. In a commanding performance, with the TV cameras rolling, he strongly denied profiteering from the war effort. He was the richest man in America, the world at his fingertips, and yet he was a prisoner to his own dark fears. Katharine Hepburn wearing a beret photographed in 1937. He was clever, but he wasn't good at all subjects. American business executive and associate of Howard R. Hughes, "Noah Dietrich, The Chief Aide To Howard Hughes, Is Dead", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noah_Dietrich&oldid=1142396686, Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 04:37. They ranked these bazillionaires (my term, not theirs) according to the total GDP of the nation they lived in and adjusted their net worths to account for inflation as of 2007. He took a fall in his London hotel room, increasing his reliance on pain killers and taking away his ability to walk. Hughes even said of Dietrich, "He knows more about my business than I do," referring to Noah as a "genius". Howard Hughes celebrates his success in a parade in 1938. Henry Ford, $188.1 billion, a fortune was amassed thanks to Ford Motor Company, of course. But Mr. Dummar captured the imagination of Hollywood, and in 1980 his tale was at the center of Jonathan Demmes well-received movie Melvin and Howard, starring Paul Le Mat as Mr. Dummar and Jason Robards Jr. as Mr. Hughes. Sources: ABC13, Far Out, The Rake, Irish Times, It was a foggy night, and he claimed he swerved to avoid an oncoming car. $253.5 billion, inherited from his dad, Alexander III, who was the previous Emperor of Russia. Howard Hughes when he was a young man in an undated photograph. Karina Longworth wrote about Hughes in her book, "Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood. Big breasts, brunette, high drama, she wrote, describing the women that Hughes tended to pursue. When Hughes refused, Dietrich immediately quit stunning Hughes. The pilot readily agreed and, two years later, Hughes was issued his private pilots license. [3]:1314,2223,2930, Hughes, according to Dietrich, was "looking for someone with wide general knowledge," "Someone who is resourceful and can solve problems." Then Dietrich, along with his family now consisting of his wife and two daughters, decided to move back to Los Angeles, where he worked for the CPA firm of Haskins and Sells. "In some cases, the books are virtually identical in detail. Ostensibly, the probe involved Hughes' failure to deliver the infamous flying boat, the Hercules, a military transport aircraft, to the government on time. By 2010, more than 30 years after he died, over 1,000 people, including 200 of Hughes' relatives, had received a A photographer named Doug Tisdale told ABC13 that even though he was called into the morgue to see Hughes' body, he didn't recognize it. Times Internet Limited. And they believed he got screwed., Melvin Dummar, 74, Who Claimed Howard Hughes Left Him Millions, Dies, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/obituaries/melvin-dummar-dead.html. In the meantime, the public had become infatuated with the latest Hollywood innovation talkies. #15, Elizabeth I - $142.9 billion. The 1901 discovery of oil at Spindletop, near The leading lady of the movie, Greta Nissen, was cut because of her strong Norwegian accent and Carpenter stepped into the role. Anyone can read what you share. The reality is that hed been born two months earlier in the oil town of Humble, a hundred miles from Texas. Howard Hughes is shown here as he was booked on a suspicion of negligent homicide by Det. I wouldnt have had a chance even if God himself had delivered the will, Mr. Dummar told The Deseret News in 2005. But no sooner had he ascended than the plane went into a tail-spin and crashed to the ground. A cult classic, the action/horror film franchise earned $553 million at the global box office. According to handwritten communications found after his death, he couldn't spell the vice president's last name or his cousin's last name. At the time of the falling-out, Hughes was trying to finance jets for TWA and decided the key was to inflate Hughes Tool profits in order to sell the company to pay for the jets, since Hughes had rejected all other financing solutions, because they threatened to dilute his TWA ownership. The condition, hereditary otosclerosis would become progressively worse over Howards lifetime. But for a man as wealthy as Hughes who had no will nor children that wasn't the end of the story. He chose a type one that didn't age, even as he did. We have included this quote because it shows a typical side of Howard Hughes. He was controversial and over the top, and that's what made him so attractive and magnetic too so many people in Los Angeles and the world. Every man has his price, or a guy like me couldn't exist. Her films have earned her an estimated $25 million net worth. Sources: Texas Monthly, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal. His 1971 memoir, Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes, provided many with the first genuine inside look into the world of Howard Hughes, including and especially his occasional lack of concern that things he wanted done often required breaches of ethics or even the law. Many people believe that Hughes decided to get hitched so that his aides would no longer be able to have him committed to an asylum. On a long drive through the Nevada desert one night in 1967, Melvin Dummar spotted a scruffy man lying by the side of the road. From 1966 on, less than half a dozen people other than his staff ever saw him. Another of his passions was golf. Allene was terrified of small animals and had an insect phobia, fueled by an obsession with cleanliness. Howard Hughes was not the only mogul in Hollywood who profited off treating actresses as sex goddess flavors of the month, Longworth wrote. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Leaving behind $500 million, plus properties, is no small sum, and Hughes had plenty of people to divide it between. In his later years, he was self-employed, selling frozen meat door to door in the vast open spaces of Utah and Nevada, where grocery stores were few and far between. It is ironic that this congressional appearance his most confident, strong and dominant public outing was also the last time that the public would see Howard Hughes. Aparently he had the time to design a secret dingy on the side. His purchases were often referred to as the reason the mob's hold on the city ended. In recent years, in places like rural Nevada and rural Utah, Mr. Schumacher said, there were many, many people who believed Melvins story. WREGreports that a forged document circulated at one point: a man claimed he met Howard Hughes in 1967 when he pulled onto the side of a Nevada highway for a bathroom break. President Roosevelt holds the hand of Howard Hughes, motion picture producer and famous flyer, as the president hands him the Harmon International Trophy, in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 1937. After passing away in January 2021, he was buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Sources: Texas Monthly, Las Vegas Review-Journal, BBC. Melvin Dummar said that Hughes looked disheveled and just wanted a ride to Las Vegas. He didn't worry about costs it would be one of the most expensive films ever made thus far at a price point of $3.8 million. And it always will be." Business dealings were conducted by telephone and through his handwritten instructions. Hughes was hailed as a conquering hero. It was a foggy night, and he claimed he swerved to avoid an oncoming car. Questions Hughes asked Dietrich included "how a battleship finds the range on its target? This obsession would take over his life in the later years. WebMicrosoft cofounder Bill Gates, the second-richest person in the world in 2020, fell to No. Dietrich wrote of Hughes, "Of all his possessions, TWA held a certain mystique for him. When he later wrote his own memoir, The Hoax, Irving corroborated the hypothesis posited by the Time article, writing that he indeed obtained and a made a copy of a draft of Dietrich's manuscript, which he then used as source material for his fabricated Hughes autobiography. With no other options, the dreamy eyed larrikin decided to try his hand at the oil business. As a germ-aphobe and recluse, Hughes had spent the last 20 years of his life living in seclusion, in hotel penthouses around the world. If a politico or a starlet had to be paid off, 'Noah can do it.' He found the experience of flying both exhilarating and liberating. Compulsive hand washing to avoid germs, checking and re-checking his work, always seeking symmetry and constantly trying to make things perfect all classic signs of OCD were seen as symptoms of a deteriorating mind. In 1934 he easily won a flying race in Miami. Mr. Dummar, at a book-signing event, with copies of Gary N. Magnesens The Investigation, published in 2005. The romantic film directed by Peter Chelsom was released in 2001. Set during the old west, the movie was a showcase for the voluptuous Jane Russell, with Hughes personally ensuring that here dresses were cut low enough to accentuate her size 38D bust. Andrew Mellon, $188.8 billion. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was born in Houston, Texas, on December 24, 1905. According to The Wall Street Journal, Hughes's estates included land that he owned, multiple airplanes, seven casino properties, a helicopter manufacturer, and a bag of casino chips. Many in his entourage thought that hed been abducted. Sources: Sydney Morning Herald, St Louis Magazine, Forbes. Howard Hughes, record-smashing world flyer, as he appeared at the age of 21. #190, Rupert Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images The revelation catapulted Mr. Dummar, at that point the owner of a gas station in Willard, Utah, to the center of a media circus. WebNov 28, 2016 - Warren Beatty's new movie "Rules Don't Apply" is a fictional story about Howard Hughes in the 1950's. On April 5, 1976, he died of renal failure on a chartered flight to Houston from his Mexico penthouse. Although almost all of the individuals in Howard Hughes inner circle never Surprisingly the cost of filming the entire franchise is estimated at $200 million, which is a lot less budget than the smashing returns it recorded at the ticket counters. In 1930, his two passions came together when he directed and produced "Hell's Angels," a film about fighter pilots during World War I. Hughes took over directing after firing the first two directors.
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