Elvis woke up at his usual time around 4 p.m. on Monday, August 15. He spent the evening watching television, playing with Lisa Marie and then went to see his dentist, Lester Hoffman, around 11 p.m. Elvis came home from the dentist around half past midnight.
As he drove his Stutz Blackhawk through Graceland, he greeted fans. Incidentally, Robert Call of Indiana is the man who took the last picture of Elvis alive.
Story Behind the Last Picture of Elvis Alive:
Robert Call was ready with his camera when the car stopped at the front gate of Graceland in Memphis. People were shouting – “Elvis! Elvis!” Suddenly, inside the car, the King of Rock smiled and waved at Call’s four-year-old daughter Abby.
And that’s when Call took the picture…the last photograph of Elvis alive.
The time was 12:28 on the morning of August 16. Just a few hours later, Elvis would be found dead.
“We were excited when my husband took the picture,” said Call’s wife Nancy, “but we didn’t realize it would be the last one ever taken of Elvis.
“I’ll never forget the way it happened. Elvis was driving the car. There was a lady sitting in front with him and two men in the back. I had Abby in my arms almost right up against the car window.
“She was hollering – ‘Hi!” – and grinning from ear to ear. Elvis smiled really big, then he put on the brakes for a second, pointed to Abby and waived to her. That’s when my husband took the picture.
“Later that day we heard on TV that Elvis had died. We had just seen this man laughing, smiling and waving.”
The Calls, who live in Pierceton, Indiana, had gone to Memphis “because I was determined to get pictures of Abby and the other children at the Elvis home for my scrapbook,” Mrs. Call said.
Mrs. Call said little Abby…reacted to Elvis’ death with a touching remark. She said,
“I bet he’s going to be an angel.”
