Death and Suicide
On February 1, 1990, hours before he was scheduled to report to a minimum-security federal prison in California, the former Governor committed suicide in Hagatna, Guam, by wrapping himself in a Guam flag, chaining himself to a statue of Chief Kepuha (or Quipuha, Guam's first native chief to adopt Roman Catholicism) located on Marine Drive (the island's primary thoroughfare), and shooting himself in the head with a .38-calibre pistol.
In addition to wrapping himself in the Guam flag, Bordallo had set up four placards, one of which said: "I regret that I only have one life to give to my island."
Ricardo J. Bordallo died of massive brain damage at 4:28 P.M. at Naval Hospital.
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