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Colonel Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997) [1] was a Dutch-American talent manager and concert promoter, best known as the manager of Elvis Presley. Parker was born in the Netherlands and entered the United States illegally when he was 20 years old. He adopted a new name and claimed to ...
Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California, was founded in 1905. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed there.
Heather Angel (1909–1986), actress; Peter J. Barber (1830–1905), architect; Christopher Bernau (1940–1989), actor; Scott Cordelle Bone (1860–1936), politician ...
It’s fair to say that the curiosity of more than a few people was piqued by Tom Hanks’ portrayal of Elvis Presley’s career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the Austin Butler-starring ...
“He fully believed the colonel’s story that Parker hailed from Huntington, West Virginia; Elvis died not knowing the truth," she says. "That didn’t come out in this country until 1981."
Nash, a veteran music journalist, published “The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley” to acclaim in 2010 and her book has just been reissued with a new ...
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Noble was a Civil War veteran who moved to California in 1865 and was a member of the San Francisco Stock Exchange prior to founding Cypress Lawn. [ 2 ] : 15 On March 9, 1892, Noble was granted a permit to establish a non-sectarian cemetery [ 3 ] and plans for Cypress Lawn were made public as work had begun on a mortuary chapel and receiving ...