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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. Several members filled practical roles; for instance, they were employed to work for ...
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".
West died on July 18, 2017, aged 81, from an aortic aneurysm, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in his native Memphis. [13] His death occurred less than two months after the death of his cousin, actor Sonny West, in May 2017. [5] His funeral and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery was held on July 24 in Memphis. [25]
The earliest known photograph of Elvis Presley, seen here from 1937 at the age of two with his parents Vernon and Gladys, held by Graceland archivist Angie Marchese Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021.
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 ...
Elvis died in 1977 at the age of 42, but he very nearly made his mark on the NFL anyway; Memphis made a 1993 bid to join the NFL under the team name “Hound Dogs.”
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] In his later years, Klein hosted both SiriusXM's channel 19 Elvis Radio and the George Klein Original Elvis Hour on WLFP FM. [8] Klein also wrote two books.
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