Elvis has been dead since August 16h 1977, yet made millions in album sales, movie rights, and t-shirt sales. How much do we really know about the King?
Sure we knew that Elvis was born a twin (his brother died at birth) and that he drove a truck before hitting it big as a singer. But, did you know that…
At the moment Elvis was being honored by then President Richard Nixon for his anti-drug stance, he and Pricilla had already taken LSD and other mind altering chemicals. Rumor has it he was higher than a kite in the famous Elvis-Nixon photograph.
While a resident of Memphis, Elvis watched many movies. No, not from his home, but he would rent out the entire local movie theater, the ‘Memphian,’ and watch whatever he wanted, with whom ever he asked to join him.
On the last day of Elvis’s life, in fact his last words, in his last few minutes on earth while heading off to the bathroom (where he would later be found dead of a heart attack) he said aloud ‘This is going to be my last concert tour.”
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