Elvis Presley is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll"
and regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century.
He was born into a very poor family
and by the age of 21 he had fulfilled the American dream and had wealth beyond his dreams.
once Elvis said
But does popularity mean happiness?
When the 23-year-old Elvis Presley went to the army, his fans cried.
What is more important, his mother worried a lot.
The army aggravated the situation.
Gladys, who was always fighting with her husband, was left all alone with her worries.
Elvis served his country as a regular soldier
instead of in the Special Services, where he would have been able to give some musical performances and stay in touch with the public.
In order to maintain his career, Elvis recorded some songs in advance
Record-breaking vinyl discs were still released during the two years he spent in the army
After 4 months of service, the terrible news came from Memphis
The life of the pop-icon was changed
Elvis's mother, Gladys, was in critical condition
Completely broken by loneliness and constant quarrels with her husband,
her body could not cope
Gladys went to the hospital and never came back
Hardly asking for permission, Elvis went to his dying mother
2 days later she passed away.
It was announced that the immediate cause of her death was cardiac arrest
In fact, she was killed by cirrhosis
It wrecked Elvis. During the funeral, he fainted several times
Almost immediately after returning to the army,
he was transferred to East Germany
He received some privileges
Elvis, his father, and others closest to him
moved into the elegant hotel Grunewald
Articles about wild parties, which Elvis had held in his hotel room, were in all the newspapers
But was everything as fun as it was written in the headlines?
He would often write in letters about how homesick he was,
how desperately he missed his mother,
and of how his fears about his career still clouded his mind
Introduced to amphetamines,
Elvis became "practically evangelical about their benefits"
Years later he confessed:
Meanwhile, at home, new records continued to be released.
Every day the popularity of Elvis increased
He not only retained popularity but also multiplied it.
Even those who previously despised Elvis, became his fans
And at this controversial moment in his life,
he met his future wife, Priscilla
When they met, Priscilla was only 14. She was 10 years younger than Elvis
In her interview with Good Morning Britain,
Priscilla said the music star was in the midst of a particularly 'vulnerable' moment in his life
Witnesses recall that the pair were practically inseparable from the first day they met
Elvis had probably survived the death of his mother thanks to Priscilla
Who knows?
Anyway, stunning fame waited for him at home
But his popularity didn't bring him happiness
Priscilla realized how much of her formidable years as a teenager she missed out on
and decided to divorce Elvis "to find out what the world was like."
He was left alone in his big house.
He realized that he had lost everything that really mattered
Suffering high blood pressure, liver damage, glaucoma and an enlarged colon,
Presley died of a heart attack in his bathroom, his body pumped full of prescription pill
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