1- During his lifetime Elvis was known to have donated at least 25 vehicles to family, friends and complete strangers. He even paid the Memphis Car InsuranceElvis Presley was famous for giving away Cadillacs and jewelry, but the true depth and breadth of his generosity and community involvement is not so widely known. Elvis never forgot where he came from and throughout his life gave to hundreds of charitiesMost of Elvis’ philanthroic endeavors received no publicity at all.Throughout his adult life, for friends, for family and for total strangers, he quietly paid hospital bills, bought homes, supported families, paid off debts, and so much more
Elvis Presley donates his Yacht to a Hospital 1964.
2- When his mother died Elvis Presley collapsed several times before , during and after the funera his mother had always been the most important person in his life and now he felt as though everything he had worked for had been for nothing
During Presley’s rising career, Gladys became despairing, depressed and lonely and began to neglect her health. She put on weight and began to drink every day. She had wanted Elvis to succeed, “but not so that he would be apart from her. The hysteria of the crowd frightened her.”Doctors diagnosed liver problems, and Gladys’s condition eventually worsened so much that she was admitted to hospital in August 1958. At that time, Elvis was in Fort Hood, Texas, to fulfill his military obligations, but he got emergency leave to see her, and a special plane was chartered to bring him home on August 12. Gladys died on August 14. Elvis and Vernon were deeply upset by her death, with Elvis “sobbing and crying hysterically,” and eye-witnesses relate that he was “grieving almost constantly” for days. During and shortly after the funeral, Judy Spreckelsand Nick Adams, Presley’s best friends at that time, attempted to comfort the singer
3- Throughout his entire career, Elvis performed in only three venues outside the United States, all them in Canada . His manager Tom parker was an illegal immigrant and if he had left the U.S. there wouldn’t be any guarantee he would be allowed back into the country
4- He was distantly related to former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jimmy Carter After Elvis Presley’s death , President Jimmy Carter stated:”He was unique and irreplaceable.. he was symbol to people the world over of the vitiality,rebelliousness and good humor of his country.”
5- Elvis had a pet chimp called Scatter which developed a taste for scotch and Bourbon
Scatter had one particular odd habit: he loved to pull up girls’ dresses! Now obviously, in our currently politically correct society, this trait would not be tolerated as it was then.
Elvis loved women, and he would invite many pretty girls to visit him at Graceland, to play pool, listen to his records, eat, drink, and of course, in certain cases, accompany him to his bedroom for more intimate activities.
Scatter, a natural ham, loved to make a big entrance at Elvis’ parties. Scatter’s loud, ringing “Woooo-woooo-wooo” would startle the guests, and many of the female guests would start screaming like Faye Wray.
6- His future wife, Priscilla Beaulieu was just 14 when they first met in September 1959. They married 8 years later
7- at the age of 36 Elvis Presley become the youngest recipient of a grammy lifetime Achievement Award
8- in 2012 Elvis Presley was second in the forbes list of-top earning dead musicians behind Michael Jackson $55 Million
9- Elvis natural hair color was blond.He started occasionally dying it black all the way back when he was in high school and eventually just always kept it as black.
10- Elvis had a black belt in Karate and loved the martial art so much he gave his instructor $50,000 to start a Karate school in Memphis.his commitment to the martial arts has been rewarded with a place in the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in New York.
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