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In Iowa, Hawkeye Elvis impersonates his mother’s idol to overcome her dementia

NOWNESS · USA · Documentary · 11 min · 5.5K views

Iowa lawyer Greg Suckow becomes Hawkeye Elvis at University of Iowa football games, wearing costumes made by his mother, as a way to keep her memory alive against dementia.

A quirky local legend turns out to be a tender story of a son's devotion to his mother.

A cult figure in the state of Iowa, Greg Suckow has become a pitchside fixture for University of Iowa football team, the Hawkeyes. A lawyer by day, locally known as Hawkeye Elvis, Suckow’s appearance each Saturday – adop

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