Following Elvis Presley’s sudden death of a heart attack at just 42 on August 16, 1977, 80,000 fans lined the streets of Memphis to witness the journey his casket would take from Graceland to Forest Hill Cemetery to be buried two days later. The King’s pallbearers at his funeral on August 18 were Billy Smith, … Read more
As for the last book The King read, he’d taken it to the bathroom for reading on the toilet since he suffered from constipation. Around lunchtime on August 16, Elvis tragically suffered a fatal heart attack and was found collapsed dead on the floor. According to his last girlfriend Ginger Alden, who found his corpse: … Read more
Elvis Presley’s home has been open to the public as a museum for over 40 years, but nobody is allowed upstairs. That is unless you are Priscilla Presley, his granddaughter Riley Keough or someone with special permission like Graceland’s Vice President of Archives and Exhibits Angie Marchese. Even when Elvis first moved into Graceland back … Read more
Elvis Presley died at the age of just 42 on August 16, 1977 after suffering a heart attack while reading on the toilet upstairs at Graceland. The world was in shock at such an unexpected tragedy, yet it turns out a makeup artist could tell by his skin that he was destined for an untimely death. … Read more
On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died upstairs at Graceland of a heart attack, when he was just 42 years old. It’s been 47 years since The King’s last moments, but his legacy lives on through his unbeaten solo music career and back catalogue of Hollywood movies. Elvis Week 2024 is currently taking place at Graceland … Read more
