Elvis Presley: Hearse carrying singer arrives for funeral in 1977
It appeared like some other day when Elvis’ girlfriend Ginger Alden awakened and found that he was not in mattress together with her.
Used to his disrupted sleeping patterns, she thought nothing of it, mounted her hair and make-up, and referred to as her mom for a chat.
It was solely when she went into the toilet simply earlier than 2pm on August 16, 1977, that she found The King mendacity on the ground. He had by no means made it to mattress.
Contrary to the favored picture of a lonely and sad recluse, Elvis had had a day and evening crammed with piano enjoying, raquetball video games, time with daughter Lisa Marie and even a last-minute journey to the dentist.
He had talked of plans for marriage and was resulting from fly out again on tour later that day. Unfortunately, he had additionally taken 4 separate cocktails of medicines.
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Elvis in his heyday (Image: GETTY)
Elvis in his closing months (Image: GETTY)
Monday, August 15, 1977, at 4pm: Elvis awakened at house in Graceland. He was normally nocturnal, staying up very late. He spent the day with Lisa Marie (he shared custody with Priscilla) and Ginger enjoying video games and speaking.
His fiancee had refused his supply to maneuver in collectively however typically stayed the evening. She later recalled: “He had asked me to move into Graceland but I never did and he said, ‘I respect you for that.’ I just didn’t at the time. It wasn’t my way.”
Monday, August 15, 1977, at 10.30pm: Elvis and Ginger went to see his dentist, Lester Hoffman, about persistent tooth ache. The King had a private dentist, physician and nurse practitioner on name day and evening, typically to prescribe painkillers, sleeping drugs and different cocktails of treatment.
Elvis with Lisa Marie at Graceland (Image: GETTY)
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 12.30am: Elvis and Ginger returned to Graceland.
Driving again in by way of the gates, the star waved at followers, certainly one of whom snapped the final ever image of the star. Elvis was sporting a black jacket over a light-weight blue shirt. Even although it was evening and he was on the wheel, he was sporting giant black sun shades.
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 2.15am: The King referred to as his private doctor, Dr Nichopoulos, to ask for extra painkillers.
He was prescribed six Dilaudid tablets and despatched his stepbrother, Ricky Stanley, to get them from the all-night pharmacy at Baptist Memorial Hospital. When Ricky returned, Elvis took the painkillers.
Elvis and fiancee Ginger Alden (Image: PH )
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 4am: Elvis telephoned his cousin Billy and spouse Jo and requested them to return over and play racquetball on the courtroom at his home. Despite the hour, this was commonplace. Everyone round Elvis, who was both paid by him or loved his largess, was at all times out there.
It had been raining and once they arrived, Billy informed Elvis he wished it might cease. Apparently, The King held out his fingers and replied: “Ain’t no problem, I’ll take care of it.” Miraculously, the rain stopped and Elvis added: “If you have a little faith, you can stop anything.”
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 4.30am: After a brief recreation, they went to a piano behind the courtroom and Elvis performed two gospel songs after which the ballad Blue Eyes Crying within the Rain.
Elvis’ cousin Billy and spouse Jo Smith (Image: FB )
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 5:00 am: Elvis and Ginger went as much as Elvis’ bed room. He took a package deal of prescribed drugs put collectively by ‘Dr Nick’ for twice-daily use. The physician would commonly go away these drug cocktails with Elvis’s nurse Tish Henley. They have been meant to assist the star sleep. After Elvis’s loss of life, the physician was investigated over the extraordinary quantity of medication he prescribed to the star and finally disbarred.
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 7:00 am: Still not in a position to sleep, Elvis took a second full package deal of the drugs. They have been handed to him by Ricky who was ‘on obligation’ to midday that day. Elvis wanted to sleep as a result of he was resulting from fly out at 7pm to Portland, Maine for a live performance on the seventeenth after which proceed from there straight on together with his present US tour.
Elvis’ physician George Nichopoulos (Image: GETTY)
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 8:00 am: Desperate to sleep, Elvis referred to as Ricky to convey extra drugs however he couldn’t be discovered. Angry, Elvis referred to as his aunt Delta Mae Biggs and requested her to phone Dr Nick. Nurse Henley was on the workplace however reluctant handy over any extra drugs. Eventually, she gave a 3rd, smaller, package deal of the drugs to Delta Mae containing two valmids, that are used to deal with insomnia.
Elvis’ nine-year-old daughter Lisa Marie, was in her personal bed room subsequent door.
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 9.30am: After taking the earlier ache killers and three separate packages of drugs, Elvis informed Ginger he was going to the toilet.
Dressed in gold pyjamas, he took the e book Frank Adams’ The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus with him. The star famously suffered from excessive constipation and would spend lengthy durations within the rest room. Ginger later revealed she warned him not to go to sleep in the bathroom and Elvis’ final ever phrases have been, “I won’t.”
Elvis and his step brothers (Image: GETTY)
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 1.30pm: Ginger awakened in mattress and realised Elvis was not there.
It appeared slightly unusual however no trigger for alarm. She referred to as her mom for a chat, dressed and placed on her make-up. Eventually, she went searching for Elvis and at last opened his rest room door to seek out him mendacity on the ground and all of the sudden realised one thing was terribly improper.
Elvis wasn’t transferring. He had clearly collapsed and suffered some type of assault on the bathroom. At the time, Ginger thought Elvis had fallen and hit his head and handed out.
She referred to as out for Al Strada, the individual on afternoon obligation on the home. Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie got here to see what all of the fuss was and was taken away by Ginger. Vernon Presley was telephoned (he lived subsequent door to Graceland) and rushed over to the home whereas an ambulance was referred to as.
Elvis and his father Vernon (Image: GETTY)
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 2.33pm: Emergency providers arrived. Before they arrived, the ambulance crew thought it was simply one other common Graceland case of an over-excited fan fainting.
An announcement on the time stated; “A Memphis Fire Department ambulance from Engine House 29 at 2147 Elvis Presley Boulevard responded to the decision at 2:33pm and by 2:56pm had taken Presley to the emergency room at Baptist Hospital, seven miles away from his Whitehaven house.”
Tuesday, August 16, 1977, 3.30pm: Elvis was pronounced useless and at 4pm the world’s media was knowledgeable.
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