The death of Elvis Presley, August 16, 1977, was shocking to the
entire world. His death was official and was announced by many doctors and a
coroner. There is still the belief that somehow he faked his death and is still
in hiding. Then there are sightings of him in many different places and even
films, for example Home Alone from 1990. Another conspiracy
theory about Presley is that he had to fake his death so that he could escape
the mafia, or that he helped the FBI with a specific project(Elvis Presley
Death Theories).
Elvis Presley was someone of much
liking to the world. He had great talent and put himself out there and people
adored him and made him famous. People put him on stages for concerts to sing
and play guitar, and he was also an actor. He starred in movies such as “Wild
in the Country” and “Blue Hawaii”(Elvis Presley’s Movies). He was a great actor
and worked really well with people. He was very “down-to-earth” and easy to get
along with. With working his day-to-day life, he was extremely capable of
managing affairs and he was very productive in every area of his life. Unless
there was concrete evidence or a way to use it in the world, Elvis thought very
little of speculations and theories. Elvis tried to make the best of the status
quo and stayed away from changes. He did not like wandering off doing something
different that could possibly endanger his security at all. He would often pass
up an opportunity to do something just because he did not know the outcome
prior to the event. He was a planner, a diligent planner, and he thrived on
patience and persistence(Elvis Presleygeneral Characteristics).
Despite how Elvis was not very good
at playing guitar or singing at first, he loved music and performing and
eventually became an icon. He had a part-time job at a movie theater and
studied the actors while he worked. He and his friends would listen to African-American
entertainers on Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. He loved the way they acted
and dressed, so he began to copy them and in his senior year he won the talent
show and started his music career. Elvis did a lot of studying of character and
style of other musicians, learning how not only to play and sing, but how to
have his own style and be unique in a world so full of music stars who became
big just by being themselves. He eventually was able to record his own song
that he sang for Sam Phillips at Sun Records because Sam saw a future in Elvis
so he decided to give him a shot. Soon after this opportunity arose, he started
to star in movies in Hollywood and he loved it, but one the worst parts about
it is that he had to take pills to stay awake and go to sleep. He absolutely
hated taking these pills at the beginning of his career. As he was growing in
the world and becoming popular, he maintained his own character and continued
to shine his own light(The My Hero Project).
Another fantastic feature of Elvis
Presley was that he was super funny! He had an amazing sense of humor. He had
many friends he liked to impress by playing jokes on people and making them
laugh. Elvis was super optimistic to where he did not give up even when the
going got tough. He was also super generous. When he became big and had lots of
money, he bought a mansion for his mother and bought his friends cars and many
expensive gifts. He loved seeing other people happy(The My Hero Project).
Elvis Presley was a very expressive
man when it came to his emotions and feelings. He had a way of wearing his
emotions on his face meaning whatever he felt, good or bad, everyone around him
could tell because it was written on his face. People around him would even say
that they could feel his feelings themselves because of how expressive he was.
Elvis was very loyal with those close to him and even to people he did not know
super well. He was super loving to his family and those around him. Taking care
of people and thinking good thoughts of them. He was extremely passionate about
things he loved such as acting, playing guitar, and singing. One good
characteristic is that he was humble. He never boasted about his
accomplishments and was very thankful for everything to the point of giving back
to whatever he received. And lastly, Elvis was super curious and loved solving
problems and helping others with figuring things out(arts.answers). Elvis was
so great that he had many people obsessed with him and talking about him. One
person, by the name of Phil Spector, said “You have no idea how great he is,
really you don’t. You have no comprehension - it’s absolutely impossible. I
can’t tell you why he’s so great, but he is. He’s sensational.” Another man,
John Landau, said “There is
something magical about watching a man who has lost himself find his way back
home. He sang with the kind of power people no longer expect from rock 'n' roll
singers(Quotes About Elvis).”
Elvis Presley was a man of interest.
Many ideas, thoughts, and beliefs have been put into research and thought of
where he is now. There are three conspiracy theories about him that could be an
answer to the mystery of where he is. The first one is that he faked his death
to get out of the crazy popular life, and the other two involved the mafia and
even the FBI.
“Without preamble, the three-piece
band cuts loose. In the spotlight, the lanky singer flails furious rhythms on
his guitar, every now and then breaking a string. In a pivoting stance, his
hips swing sensuously from side to side and his entire body takes on a frantic
quiver, as if he had swallowed a jackhammer(Elvis Presley Death
Theories)(Quotes About Elvis).”
Time Magazine and their quote here describes how extremely different and
unique Elvis Presley was(Elvis Presley Death Theories). He shocked the world
with his talents including his voice and exotic dance moves(Elvis Presley Death
Theories). He had so many fans worldwide and loved being on stage, working with
people, acting, and making friends along the way(Elvis Presley Death Theories).
He was a very likeable man and was super nice and easy going. Every girl wanted
him and every man wanted to be him(Elvis Presley Death Theories). So, when he
was announced dead on August 16th, 1977, due to heart failure, the world was
devastated(Elvis Presley Death Theories). Some people were so obsessed with him
that they would not believe he was actually dead(Elvis Presley Death Theories).
Even though a coroner and doctors declared his death was confirmed, people still
had their theories and were skeptical about his death(Elvis Presley Death
Theories). Many people tagged along with the theories of his continued living
and the fact that he probably faked his death so he could go into hiding(Elvis
Presley Death Theories). So much so that three people created the Elvis
Sighting Society (ESS) which consisted of posts of pictures and paragraphs of
sightings of Elvis out and about in public or wherever they could use to prove
he was still alive(Elvis Presley Death Theories). Also, people claimed he has
been in the background of movies such as Home Alone in 1990(Elvis Presley Death
Theories). But what kind of person would Elvis be if he faked his death like
that, leaving all his family and fans behind like they were dirt(Elvis Presley
Death Theories). Lacy Presley, who calls himself a “big Elvis fan,” said;
“I believe that the people who say Elvis is
alive are doing a great disservice to him and his family, imagine you have to
go through your life saying your father did all of these things and that he
conned his fans. Elvis’ death hurt a lot of people. It still does. You have to
ask what kind of person would Elvis be to do that to his fans(Quotes About
Elvis)?”
The last two conspiracy theories
about Elvis tie in together to an extent. They are that he disappeared to get
away from the mafia and/or joined the FBI. “Do I know if Elvis is still alive
today? No, I don’t. But I do know he didn’t die August 16th”(Elvis
Presley Death Theories). Gail was the author of the bestselling book Is
Elvis Alive published in 1988 and she recalls how she poured through
thousands of FBI documents during a TIME interview to come to the conclusion
that he was an American hero who somehow fell into witness protection(Elvis
Presley Death Theories). The theory, according to Gail, is about “The
Fraternity,” which was made up of dozens of racketeers, also known as the
mafia(Elvis Presley Death Theories). It was a criminal organization which Elvis
was enlisted in 1976 to be an undercover agent to help infiltrate “The
Fraternity(Elvis Presley Death Theories).” Elvis Presley was privileged and
honored to have the opportunity to do something for the country he loved(Elvis
Presley Death Theories). The reason Elvis was sucked into this was because a
member of the organization had ties with an airplane that Elvis owned(Elvis
Presley Death Theories). Yet, according to Gail, when Elvis was found to be a
mole, he was forced into the witness protection program and citing what she
said was evidence from interviews and the FBI documents(Elvis Presley Death
Theories).
The last two theories are highly
unlikely because eventually he would have finished what he had to do with the
association of the FBI and would have returned home. But the fact is that he
actually did die and he died the strangest of men, yet possibly the most loved
of men. This belief is also backed up by a survey which was near 100% answered
that he was actually dead today.
Elvis Presley, being the famous man
he is, is such an importance to the world that his death or liveliness is
something the world wants to know. Though many stories have been told, there
are three main conspiracy theories for Elvis’ life ending:
1. He died due to heart failure
2. He faked his death to escape the
mafia
3. He went into hiding to assist the
FBI
These three conspiracy theories could all be true, but the
only logical explanation to Elvis’ disappearance is that he did in fact die of
heart failure.
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