Lonnie Hammargren Obituary- Nevada neurosurgeon, politician and colourful character

Publish date: 2024-05-06

Lonnie Hammargren was a doctor, politician, and colorful figure in Nevada. A family friend announced his passing on Tuesday. He was 86.

Hammargren held two positions in the 1980s and 1990s: first, as a university regent, and later, as the state’s lieutenant governor. More recently, he became famous for hosting open houses on Nevada Day where he displayed his varied collection of antiques and memorabilia, most of it enormous and eventually taking up two adjacent homes.

During his final open house, which he held in 2017, he said of his collection, “It’s me.”

He claimed to the Review-Journal that this “makes me unique in the entire world.” No one has carried out what I have.

In Harris, Minnesota, on Christmas Day 1937, Hammargren was born.

After boxer Duk Koo Kim’s defeat to Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini in a world championship battle in Las Vegas in 1982, Hammargren operated on his brain. Kim’s wounds caused his death.

Hammargren claimed that he stopped doing surgeries in 2005 after his malpractice insurance rose to $275,000 annually.

From the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, he was a member of the nonpartisan board of regents for the Nevada System of Higher Education.

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He subsequently served as Nevada’s lieutenant governor for the remainder of the decade. He lost the Republican primary for lieutenant governor in 2006, making a return attempt.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to the deceased’s family and friends, who have been struggling with the loss of such an intelligent and compassionate individual.

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