- Lonnie Hammargren
Dr. Lonnie Hammargren is a republican politician from
Nevada and formerlieutenant governor of Nevada.Career
Medical career
Hammargren is a neurosurgeon who is known for operating on several notable boxers injured in boxing matches in Las Vegas including the attending physician to work on
Deuk Koo Kim as he battled for his life after fightingRay Mancini .Fact|date=November 2007 Lonnie spent several years as aNASA flight surgeon . FollowingRoy Horn 's near-fatal Tiger Attack in 2003, Dr. Hammargren spoke up to correct misinformation in the press about the procedure Horn had received. [Cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-10-16-roy-update_x.htm |title=Doctors removed portion of Roy's skull |date=2003-10-16 |publisher="USA Today " |accessdate=2008-07-24]Political career
Hammargren was
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1995 - 1999. He lost his election bid in the primaries for that office again in 2006. [Cite web |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=32&year=2006&f=0&off=6&elect=2 |title=2006 Lt. Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results - Nevada |accessdate=2008-07-24 |publisher=Dave Leip - Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections]As of 2008, Hammargren was the honorary
consul toBeliz .cite news |first=Tim |last=O'Reiley |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Working locally at trading globally |url=http://www.lvrj.com/business/28908124.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |publisher=Las Vegas Business Press |date= 2008-09-21 |accessdate=2008-09-21 ]The eccentric side
Hammargren built his house, Castillo del Sol, in 1969. [Cite book|last=Green |first=Michael S. |coauthors=Elan Penn |publisher=Penn Publishing Ltd |title=Las Vegas: A Pictorial Celebration |date=2006 |isbn=1402723857] Since then it has become a
museum to Vegas' past. The house is usually open for tours onNevada Day . Among his latest acquisitions is the "High Roller"roller coaster from theStratosphere . His home has been featured on theTravel Channel 's show "Vegas VIP Homes". [Cite web |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2002/Jun-17-Mon-2002/living/18978512.html |title='Ripley's Believe It or Not' takes over Fremont Street Experience |accessdate=2008-07-24 |date=2002-06-17 |publisher="Las Vegas Review-Journal "] In 2008, he began building a replica Orion spacecraft to add to the collection.On
March 31 ,2007 , Lonnie held an "Awake Wake" for himself, in which he had a mock funeral service, a New Orleans styleJazz Funeral March back to his house, and buried himself in asarcophagus in the Egyptiantomb in his garage. He emerged an hour later. [ cite web |url=http://www.argentiero.com/family/awakewake/ |title=The Awake Wake |accessdate=2007-05-01 |format= |work= ]Lonnie has appeared in several films directed by fellow Las Vegas resident
Ted V. Mikels , usually in smallcameo roles.External links
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* [http://nevadadays.org/ Lonnie Hammargren's web site]References
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