Shortly before Presley left for Europe, his beloved mother, Gladys, died. He was granted a leave and returned to Memphis for the funeral. Deeply saddened by her death, Presley returned to duty. While in Germany, his spirits were lifted slightly when he met a young teenager named Priscilla...
Next to Butler, we find the great Tom Hanks, who in this case plays Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis's manager from 1955 until his death in 1977. Helen Thompson and Richard Roxburgh take on the role of the singer's parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, while Olivia DeJonge has the responsibility...
Shout! Factory's genre label Scream Factory has become the Blu-ray home of legendary filmmaker John Carpenter as of the last few years, and the latest release is the kung-fu action flick Big Trouble in Little China. Made just before lead Kurt Russell became a star, Big Trouble in Little...
until in 1968 he appeared in a "comeback" TV special that featured Elvis returning to his rock roots with his original band members. From the late '60s to his death, Presley focused on performing in Las Vegas. His death was attributed largely to substance abuse. Since his death, popular ...
June 26:Elvis plays what will end up beinghis last concert. The concert was in Indianapolis, IN for a crowd of 18,000 people. August: The Month of Elvis Presley's Death August 4:The bookElvis: What Happened?is published, sparking new rumors in America aboutthe King's drug use. ...
tell the story of how Elvis Presley died and the worldwide reaction to the death of the King of Rock. In the years since their airing, the facts and information surrounding Elvis' death may have changed. What you are listening to is what we knew at the time of Elvis Presley death. ...
Nottingham-based filmmaker Jeanie Finlay's fifth feature film,Orion: The Man Who Would Be Kingtells the story of Jimmy Ellis, an unknown singer who was plucked from obscurity and adopted into a crazy scheme to pose as a masked Elvis look-alike in the wake of the King's death, giving ...
The value of the estate has not been determined, but last December records filed in Probate Court indicated that the estate had earned nearly $5 million since Elvis Presley's death. Mr. Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss., and worked as a carpenter, sharecropper and painter to support his ...
After Gladys died in 1958, her distraught son began going off the rails, and the women become less and less suitable for bringing home to Mother. The last photos of Elvis show him with a glazedJohn Belushilook and not much visible awareness of his female companions, whoever they happen to...
“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old. I’ve had more than anyone’s fair share of it in my lifetime and somehow, I’ve made it this far,” Lisa Marie wrote in an August 2022 essay forPeople. “But this one, the death of my beautiful,...