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Elvis was 42 years old when he died at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tenn., on Aug. 16, 1977. In his memory, let's revisit the details behind the King of Rock 'n' Roll’s...
The death of Elvis Presley took the world by storm. When Elvis died, President Jimmy Carter himself made a statement, declaring that the singer had “permanently changed the face of American popular culture.” Meanwhile, nearly 100,000 stunned mourners showed up for his funeral procession.
Though Elvis's actual cause of death appears to have been heart failure, the cardiac incident is now considered to be a result of the rock star's longstanding and serious drug abuse.
Elvis Presley died at 42 years old on Aug. 16, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee. His untimely death was mourned by fans as many made their way to Graceland, his mansion in Memphis, to pay...
On August 16, 1977, Presley’s girlfriend Ginger Alden found the singer unresponsive on his bathroom floor in his home, Graceland. He was rushed to the hospital, but was then declared dead from ...
How the cause of death changed from heart attack to prescription-drug poisoning typifies the pattern of a celebrity’s fall from grace. Photo: The National Archives
However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating severely compromised his health, and Presley died unexpectedly in August 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales estimated around 500 million records worldwide.
Music icon Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 42. The death of the “King of Rock and Roll” brought legions of mourning fans to Graceland, his mansion in Memphis.
Elvis Presley was pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital on Union Avenue in Memphis at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 16, 1977. Here's a look at his death.
Well, what happened was that because he died suddenly and because the pathologists couldn't agree on why he died, and because Elvis was found to be abusing drugs as well as being prescribed a lot of drugs, a criminal trial was brought against his physician (Dr. George Nichopoulos).