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The Memphis Mafia was the nickname given by the media to a group of Elvis Presley's friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Presley from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977.
Delbert Bryant West Jr. (July 5, 1938 [1] [2] – May 24, 2017), known professionally as Sonny West, was a friend and bodyguard of the singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at Elvis' Memphis home Graceland, which became known as "The Memphis Mafia".
At his mother's funeral on Aug. 15, Elvis was distraught. "Goodby, Darling. Goodby! — I love you so much!" cried Elvis, according to the Memphis Press-Scimitar. "I lived my whole life just for you."
However, this claim is questioned by biographer Suzanne Finstad and members of the Memphis Mafia. They married on May 1, 1967, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lisa Marie was born nine months later on February 1, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. In her book, Elvis and Me, Priscilla describes her daily life with her
America lost one of its true cultural icons when Elvis Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977.Hailed as “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935. If Presley were alive today ...
When Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie Presley, died on Jan. 12, 2023, at the age of 54, her children — Elvis' grandchildren — became the King of Rock 'n' Roll's only living descendants.
Klein had a long and successful career as a Memphis radio DJ and TV personality, hitting the airwaves in 1957 [6] and hosted Talent Party on WHBQ-TV from 1964 to 1973. He also was a member of the famed Memphis Mafia, consisting of Elvis Presley's closest friends and associates, and appeared in cameo roles in eight of Presley's movies. [7]
Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir shares new insight into the day her father, Elvis Presley, died at Graceland.. In From Here to the Great Unknown, Lisa Marie looks back on Aug. 16, 1977, the ...