Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. He was found in the bathroom of his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee and his his cause of death was ruled as a heart attack.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born January 8, 2024 and was an American singer and actor. He was Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "The King".
He began his career in 1954, but hit the big time with his song Heartbreak Hotel in 1956, and the rest is history. As well as his huge catalogue of hit songs, he was also famous for movies like Love Me Tender and Jailhouse Rock.
Learn more about Elvis Presley by checking these quick facts from Graceland.com.
Of interest, Millennials, it turns out, aren’t all shook up about Elvis. (Most of them wouldn’t even get the reference.) According to a news story that drew on the results of a poll of 2,034 Britons by YouGov, an Internet-based market research firm, 29 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds had never listened to an Elvis song. Find out more at History.com.