Elvis legacy caught in a trap?

When squirrels and rabbits began nibbling swaths into the flowery landscape of Elvis Presley’s former Palm Springs home, the owners asked themselves a simple question.
What would Elvis do?
The animal-friendly King of rock and roll kept a furry and feathery menagerie at Graceland, his Memphis estate. Ducks, chickens, dogs, chimpanzees, guinea pigs, donkeys, even peacocks all […]

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  • New Elvis Record

    The latest Elvis record is not the kind you download. If you were in Memphis, you knew you weren’t on Lonely Street at all those sold-out events. But Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern says the official attendance figure for the week was 75,000. Even in the sweltering heat, 55,000 took part in the candlelight vigil. “The […]

  • ‘Elvis had a premonition,’ hairdresser tells scholars

    Larry Geller was Elvis Presley’s hairdresser, spiritual guide, on-staff confidante and the last person to touch him in the coffin when he fixed the King’s hair for the last time.
    “That’s why I’m here today,” Geller testified, addressing an audience at the Memphis College of Art. He came prepared to tell secrets. His delivery was dramatic […]

  • Graceland

    Elvis purchased Graceland Mansion in March 1957, for $102,500. He put down $10,000 in cash, and got $55,000 in trade for the Audubon house.

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