California on , the former Governor committed suicide in Hagåtña by wrapping himself in a flag of Guam, chaining himself to statue of Chief Kepuha (also Quipuha, Guam's first native chief to convert to Roman Catholicism) located along Marine Corps Drive (the island's primary thoroughfare), and shooting himself in the head with a .38 caliber pistol. He had also set up four placards around the monument, one of which paraphrased the last words of Nathan Hale: "I regret that I only have one life to give to my island." Bordallo died of massive brain damage at 4:28 P.M. at Naval Hospital, aged 62. He was buried at Pigo Cemetery in western Hagåtña. Honors In January 1997, the territorial administration facility was officially named as Ricardo J. Bordallo Governor's Complex in his honor. Electoral history References External links Ricardo Bordallo Bio at Guampedia, Guam's Online Encyclopedia |- |- |- |- 1927 births 1990 suicides 20th-century American politicians Chamorro people Democratic Party governors of Guam Governors of Guam Guamanian Democrats Guamanian politicians convicted of crimes Members of the Legislature of Guam People from Hagåtña, Guam Politicians convicted of program bribery Politicians who committed suicide Suicides by firearm in Guam University of San Francisco alumni