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
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 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
Elvis Presley dated former Miss Tennessee model Linda Thompson from 1972-76, during which she lived with The King at Graceland. Now 74, the star’s old flame has returned to Memphis Mansion for Elvis Week celebrations. Posting new photos of herself inside the house, Linda highlighted her own influences on Graceland and posted some vintage snaps … Read more
They’re two American icons and did you know Clint Eastwood, who turns 94 today, and Elvis Presley used to hang out as friends? It turns out around the time the Western star was filming the TV show Rawhide he’d often bump into The King who was filming his 1960s rom-coms. The gun-loving singer especially liked … Read more
By Adrian Sainz | Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Presley’s estate is fighting what it says is a fraudulent scheme to auction off Graceland to the highest bidder. An auction had been scheduled for Thursday this week, but a Memphis judge blocked it after Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough sought a temporary restraining order and … Read more
Elvis Presley’s Graceland opened to the public in 1982, five years after the star’s death. Today the Memphis mansion is the second most visited home in the US after The White House, but The King’s mysterious upstairs remains off-limits to the public. Graceland’s upstairs was Elvis’ private space in life and remains so after his … Read more
Looking at the lovely picture below you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a lovely shot of Elvis Presley and his future wife Priscilla Presley. It’s actually The King with brunette beauty Joan Blackman. They starred together in two films, Blue Hawaii and Kid Galahad, and engaged in a passionate affair. Indeed, Elvis hoped to … Read more
Things could have been so different for Elvis Presley. He entered a (tragically rather brief) renaissance at the end of the 1960s that might have taken his career in a fulfilling new direction, restored his spirits and prevented the impending reliance on prescription drugs. However, one man stood in his way and although The King … Read more
Elvis Presley may have been a shy momma’s boy, but he also captured the rebellious spirit of the American youth in the late 1950s. His gyrating hips were cut by the cameras of The Ed Sullivan show as screaming girls lusted after the new sex symbol. In interviews, The King would bat away claims his Rock … Read more