Elvis: The Final Years

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It not only provides intimate details of Elvis' final 24 hours but also does a great job of explaining his growing dependence to prescription drugs beginning in the late 50s through his physical decline in the 70s. To coincide with the commemoration of Presley’s passing, Hoedel will be in Memphis to participate in several events and will be traveling to the U. is titled "Destined to Fly: The Story of Pilot Ron Strauss – From Iowa to Elvis," which tells the little-known tale of Presley’s pilot. His bowel contained the most gruesome discovery of all - it was almost twice the length it should have been and was filled with stool at least four months old.

I summed it up in my title: Peter Guralnick's Elvis books are the standard serious biographies now, but before those, Hopkins' were the best of the dozens of Elvis books out there.There are resources listed at the end of the book for anyone who may be struggling with addiction and wants help. They are widely inconsistent in terms of performance execution and song quality, and that is not a sign of an artist taking his musical choices seriously.

The Colonel owes a lot of money in gambling debts and some of the guys will be in bad financial shape if I don’t keep working. He wrote several biographies of musicians including Elvis: A Biography, No One Here Gets Out Alive with Danny Sugerman, and Behind Closed Doors.He had that type of stuff and maybe Hollywood didn’t want him to get too smart because they were making a lot of money off of him and he was making a lot of money.

The shows on June 19, 20, and 21 are recorded by RCA for an upcoming live album and are videotaped for an upcoming CBS-TV television special.At the time, little was understood about autoimmune conditions, but these days they are known to cause most of the symptoms Elvis displayed, from chronic pain, irrational behaviour, obesity and enlarged and diseased organs like hearts and bowels.

Dealing with addiction and health issues and having a difficult time adjusting to the shifting cultural climate of the '60s and '70s, Elvis died a Vegas showman rather than a groundbreaking rocker. And yet, when Elvis died on August 16, 1977, he had become something entirely different from his former self. His personal life story of triumph over adversity and stepping into Gods greatness continues to impact millions around the world.

He once said: "Presley's chronic constipation - the result of years of prescription drug abuse and high-fat, high-cholesterol gorging - brought on what's known as Valsalva's manoeuvre.