His death was officially pronounced at pm. How the lonesome Elvis Presley feared for his legacy in the final months before his death. The 70s saw Presley develop an addiction to painkillers, and despite failing health, he continued to take on more and more live engagements year after year.
He was slurring. It was obvious there was something terribly wrong with his body. He was no longer the rock and roll bad boy, but instead a garish crooner, a curiosity for an aging fanbase. The autopsy case was reopened in , and again concluded that a heart attack was the cause of death, and that drugs played no part. After Presley made his first recordings for RCA Victor in early , he quickly became a nationwide sensation, introducing wider audiences to many songs first recorded by country musicians and Black artists and creating plenty of controversies just with his hips.
Presley soon moved into movies, and when he was drafted into the Army in , it became a major media event. After focusing on movies throughout the s, he made a comeback with the famous '68 Comeback Special , but his health began deteriorating in the early s, following his divorce from Priscilla Presley. The singer died at Graceland and was only On Sunday, Presley fans gathered outside Graceland for the annual candlelight vigil to remember his legacy and music.
Priscilla even waved to fans, as seen in photos published by the Commercial Appeal. Although Presley and Priscilla divorced in , she told the Sydney Morning Herald in December that she still loves the singer, with whom she shared daughter Lisa Marie Presley. The year-old Miss Tennessee model admitted that Elvis would be 'astonished' to learn how much fans still love him to this day. A post shared by Linda Thompson ltlindathompson. View in App. An Olympic gold medallist has said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack while waiting for an Uber with a group of friends.
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