1. Kenny Guinn previously served as interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 1994 until 1995.
12 Facts About Kenny Guinn
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Kenny Guinn was born in Garland, Arkansas and reared in Exeter, California.
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Kenny Guinn married his wife, Dema, in Reno on July 7,1956.
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Kenny Guinn earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in physical education from California State University, Fresno.
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Kenny Guinn championed a state run prescription drug benefit program for Nevada senior citizens called Senior RX.
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Kenny Guinn proposed a tax restructuring during the 2003 legislative session that was met with opposition from anti-tax business groups and many anti-tax Republicans.
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In 2006, Kenny Guinn declined to endorse Jim Gibbons, the Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada, due to bitter disagreements between the two politicians.
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Kenny Guinn said only that he hoped a Republican would succeed him as governor.
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Kenny Guinn served as a board member of MGM Resorts International from May 22,2007, until his untimely death on July 22,2010, under chairman and CEO Terrence Lanni and James Murren.
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Kenny Guinn died on July 22,2010, at the age of 73, of complications from injuries sustained after falling from the roof of his Las Vegas home and possibly following a heart attack.
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Kenny Guinn was pronounced dead at the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas.
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Kenny Guinn is interred at the Exeter District Cemetery in Exeter, California.