40 years ago today R.I.P. Elvis

selmaborntidefan

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Never heard of him til he croaked.

We were living in England, so it must have been the 17th. They came on the BBC and told us that Elvis Presley had died, not that I had ANY idea who that was. Mom was really shaken up (she was 30 at the time). I'd never seen her react to a death on TV like that before.....of course, I didn't really know what death was at the time, I thought it only happened if you were bad.
 

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I first remember seeing Elvis movies at the Mustang Drive-In theater in Center Point (Birmingham) when our babysitter took us there a couple of times. Seems like every movie had some songs and some fistfights.

My parents were at Baptist Hospital in Memphis when Elvis was brought in on August 16, 1977.
 

Crimson1967

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Never heard of him til he croaked.

We were living in England, so it must have been the 17th. They came on the BBC and told us that Elvis Presley had died, not that I had ANY idea who that was. Mom was really shaken up (she was 30 at the time). I'd never seen her react to a death on TV like that before.....of course, I didn't really know what death was at the time, I thought it only happened if you were bad.
I was ten and was vaguely aware of who he was. The same when John Lenon was killed, except I was 13.


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Never heard of him til he croaked.

We were living in England, so it must have been the 17th. They came on the BBC and told us that Elvis Presley had died, not that I had ANY idea who that was. Mom was really shaken up (she was 30 at the time). I'd never seen her react to a death on TV like that before.....of course, I didn't really know what death was at the time, I thought it only happened if you were bad.
I think the proper term is 'all shook up':wink:

 
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