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Presley's drug habit is now generally accepted as a cause of death. The Encyclopedia Britannica states, simply: "Elvis Presley died of a heart attack in 1977 brought on largely by drug abuse."
Lab reports filed two months later strongly suggested that polypharmacy was the primary cause of death; one reported "fourteen drugs in Elvis' system, ten in significant quantity". [290] In 1979, forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht reviewed the reports and concluded that a combination of depressants had resulted in Presley's accidental death. [289]
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.
The graves of Elvis and his grandmother Minnie Mae on the grounds at Graceland. After Elvis Presley's death in 1977, Vernon Presley served as executor of his estate. Upon his death in 1979, he chose Priscilla to serve as the estate executor for Elvis's only child, Lisa Marie, who was only 11.
With Minnie Mae Presley's death in 1980, Lisa Marie became the only surviving beneficiary. [115] In 1993, Presley inherited her father's estate on her 25th birthday, which, thanks largely to the stewardship of her mother, had grown to an estimated $100 million. [116] Elvis named his private Convair 880 jetliner after his daughter.
Lisa Marie and Priscilla's relationship was fraught, particularly after Elvis' death in 1977. Lisa Marie was 9 at the time and her parents had already split up by the time he died.
Elvis and Priscilla with Lisa Marie in February 1968. Elvis and Priscilla Beaulieu first met in 1959 while Elvis was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army. Priscilla was 14 years old when Elvis met her. Brent D. Taylor has stated that "Elvis's closest female relationships were usually with young girls of around 13 or 14, ending as they ...
Just days later, the Presley family joy turned somber with the devastating death of Elvis' only child, Lisa Marie Presley. The months that followed included enough highs and lows to r.