LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 16 2019-FORTY TWO YEARS AGO ELVIS
PRESLEY, REFERRED TO AS THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL, DIED ON HIS THRONE AT THE AGE OF 42. ELVIS WAS SITTING ON THE TOILET AND DROPPED DEAD FROM A CORONARY ARRHYTHMIA. HIS GIRLFRIEND GINGER ALLEN FOUND HIM ON THE CRAPPER AND WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REVIVE THE KING BUT TO NO AVAIL, WITH ELVIS PRESLEY PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:30 PM.
OFFICIALLY HEART FAILURE WAS DEEMED THE ULTIMATE CAUSE OF DEATH, WHICH WAS BROUGHT ON BY A LONG-STANDING DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM. THE FINAL CORONER’S REPORT WAS MADE PUBLIC A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER PRESLEY’S DEATH AND THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT INDICATED HIGH LEVELS OF THE OPIATES DILIDAD, DEMEROL, AND PERCODAN, AS WELL AS QUAALUDES, CODEINE AMONG OTHER THINGS.
THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL WAS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 42
HERE’S ELVIS FROM HIS COMEBACK TV SPECIAL
HERE’S AN EXPOSE THAT AIRED LOOKING INTO THE DEATH OF ELVIS
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