Lonnie Hammargren

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Dr. Lonnie Hammargren is a Republican politician from Nevada. Lonnie is best known today for being an eccentric. He is a past lieutenant governor of Nevada and lost in the primaries for that office again in 2006.

1 Medical career
2 Political career
3 The eccentric side
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Medical career

He 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 fighting Ray Mancini.^{[citation needed]}

Lonnie spent several years as a NASA flight surgeon. Dr. Hammargren was one of the doctors to operate on Roy Horn after his near-fatal Tiger Attack in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Political career

Lieutenant Governor of Nevada.

[edit] The eccentric side

Lonnie built his house Castillo del Sol in 1969. Since then it has become a museum to Vegas' past. The house is usually open for tours on Nevada Day.

Among his latest acquisitions is the High Roller roller coaster from the Stratosphere.

His home is featured on the Travel Channel's show Vegas VIP Homes that repeats occasionally.

On March 31, 2007, Lonnie held an "Awake Wake" for himself, in which he had a mock funeral service, a New Orleans style Jazz Funeral March back to his house, and buried himself in a sarcophagus in the Egyptian tomb in his garage. He emerged an hour later.^[1]

Lonnie has appeared in several films directed by fellow Las Vegas resident Ted V. Mikels, usually in small cameo roles.^{[citation needed]}