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Lonnie.G.Johnson Lonnie.G. Johnson was born on October 6, 1949. He was a creative little boy since his dad taught him how to build things. He went and graduated from Williamson high school in a segregated class.Lonnie.G. Johnson was mostly known for making the super soaker water gun. Lonnie Johnson has 4 children and is married to his wife, Linda Moore. Lonnie and his dad often built things together. One day Lonnie and his dad built a pressurized china berry shooter out of bamboo shoots. At the age of 13, Lonnie attached a lawn mower engine to a go kart. He then drove it down the highway until he was pulled

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