29. Elvis with Sammy Davis Jr backstage in Elvis’s dressing room after his opening night at the International Hotel, Las Vegas in 1970.
30. Elvis poses for the pictures needed for the honorary police badge he received from the Denver Police in 1970. He met many police officers on the road when he was touring and he loved adding a new badge to his collection.
31. Elvis Rare singing blueberry hill in concert 1977
32. Elvis sits at the back of his biology class at Humes High School in the 1950s.
33. Dancing to his first recordings with then-girlfriend, Barbara Hearn in 1956.
34. Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, Leo Soroka, Robert Johnson at Sun Recording Studios.
35. Excited fans try to get 21-year-old Elvis’s autograph.
35. The last picture of Elvis, in his coffin, which ran on the front page of the National Enquirer on September 6, 1977.
The final years, however, were painful. His marriage ended in 1972, and he became addicted to a dizzying variety of prescription drugs. His weight ballooned and his live performances became erratic. He’d stumble, slur and ramble, and had difficulty breathing.
The final show took place in Indianapolis on June 26, 1977, after which Elvis retreated to Graceland, where he lived in seclusion, sleeping through the days. Debilitated by high blood pressure, liver damage, an enlarged colon, glaucoma, migraines, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Elvis died on the afternoon of August 16, 1977, aged 42, suffering heart failure in the bathroom.
The King was dead. Long live The King.
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