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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".
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."
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 ...
Born at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Lisa Marie Presley was the only child of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley.
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.
Despite Lisa Marie being only 9 years old at the time, Keough, 35, said her mom had vivid memories about Elvis' death, which she recounted in detail for the "first time" while writing a memoir ...
Schilling in 2019 Schilling and Presley with President Richard Nixon and Sonny West at the White House in December 1970. Jerry Schilling (born February 6, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American talent manager, who was associated with Elvis Presley and was a member of Presley's Memphis Mafia from the latter part of the 1960s.