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Is Elvis Presley alive?

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley born in Tupelo, Mississippi, January 8.
He was a rock singer and pop music icon of the 20th century. He inspired many other artists in and out the rock and roll scene. ***
Elvis Presley, Son to Vernon and Gladys Presley, was born a twin. Eventually his brother, Jesse Aaron Presley, died at birth. Elvis Presley had a hard and difficult childhood. ***
When Elvis Presley was 19 (in 1954) he went into Sun Records studios and recorded a disc with two songs, My Happiness and That's When Your Heartache Begin, as a birthday present for his mother . ***
On May 1, 1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Ann-Beaulieau (known as Priscilla Presley), with whom he had his first and only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley

DEATH. Official version
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42. He had been on the toilet, but fallen off onto the floor, where he lay in a pool of his own vomit. Panicked, his staff contacted an ambulance, which rushed him to nearby Baptist Memorial Hospital, where, after several attempts to revive him, he died at 3:30 pm CST. His autopsy was performed at 7:00 pm. The official coroner's report lists "cardiac arrhythmia" as the cause of Presley's death. After this information was revealed, Vernon Presley, Elvis' father, had the complete autopsy report sealed. It will remain sealed until 2027, fifty years after The King's death. Elvis' body is buried at Graceland.

Unofficial version #1 Overdose
The one of unofficial version is overdose .
Twenty two drugs were found in Elvis body during the autopsy, including toxic or near toxic levels of four. Dr.

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