Photos: On this Day, August 16, 1977 — Elvis Presley dies
August 15, 2013
This 1972 file photo shows Elvis Presley, the King of Rock "n" Roll, during a performance. The music icon died on August 16, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42. (AP Photo, file) ( Elvis-Beverly Hills Estate )
Singer and actor Elvis Presley is shown in an undated photo. The music icon died on August 16, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42. (AP Photo) ( Elvis Presley )
Elvis Presley sings during a concert in this 1973 file photo. " (AP Photo) ( Elvis Statue Hawaii )
Elvis Presley and actress Ann-Margret shown in an MGM Studios-supplied publicity photo for the 1964 film, "Viva Las Vegas." (AP Photo/MGM Studios) ( ELVIS DEATH ANNIVERSARY )
This is a photo from the 1957 film "Jailhouse Rock" in which Elvis Presley plays a convict who becomes a rock star. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS JAILHOUSE ROCK )
Elvis Presley poses with wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie, in a room at Baptist hospital in Memphis, Tenn., February 05, 1968. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS, PRISCILLA, LISA MARIE )
Lisa Marie Presley, left, and her mother Priscilla Presley await the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and President Bush before they toured Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, Friday June 30, 2006 in Memphis, Tenn. Koizumi is a lifelong fan of the late rock and roll legend. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) ( BUSH US JAPAN PRESLEY )
Elvis Presley, 23-year-old rock and roll singer and movie actor, comforts his mother Gladys as his father, Vernon E., looks on. The scene took place when photographers were admitted to the Presleys' Memphis home on the eve of Elvis' induction into the army. (AP-Photo/fg/stf/fg) 23.03.1958 ( ELVIS PRESLEY,PARENTS )
Boxer Elvis Presley vs. gangster Charles Bronson in the 1962 musical remake of the 1930's film comedy, "Kid Galahad". (AP Photo) ( ELVIS KID GALAHAD )
Elvis Presley is shown in uniform at company D 1st Battalion 32nd U.S. Army Armour at the barracks area in Friedberg, Germany, 1958. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS PRESLEY )
Elvis Presley, the teenager's rock and roll idol, shows his new $100,000 home to Hollywood starlet Yvonne Lime, who flew in to spend Easter weekend with Presley and his parents, in Memphis, Tenn., April 19, 1957. (AP Photo) ( PRESLEY NEW HOUSE )
Elvis Presley is shown performing in this undated photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS PRESLEY )
A string of white vehicles follow the hearse carrying the body of rock and roll musician Elvis Presley along Elvis Presley Boulevard on the way to Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1977. (AP Photo) ( Elvis Death Anniversary )
Actor/singer Elvis Presley holds his semi-acoustic guitar during a concert in the USA, in December of 1968. (AP Photo) ( USA Elvis Presley )
This May 1967 file photo of Elvis Presley and his new bride Priscilla cutting the cake at their wedding reception in Las Vegas. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS DEATH ANNIVERSARY )
circa 1975: American popular singer and film star Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977), to his fans the undisputed 'King of Rock 'n' Roll'. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 97s/40/huty/8593/18 )
August 1975: Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) performing live on stage. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 95c38/huch/1790/29 )
Singer Elvis Presley and wife, Priscilla, 26, leave Superior Court in Santa Monica, Calif. on Oct.10,1973 after he was granted a divorce on grounds of irreconciliable difference. The six year marriage ended with a modified property settlement involving $1.5 million. (AP Photo/tms) ( ELVIS PRESLEY )
Welsh-born entertainer Tom Jones poses with Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1st July 1971. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( T552938_02 )
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, the grave of Elvis Presley is covered with flowers on the grounds of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on the 30th anniversary of his death. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file) ( Travel Trip Memphis on a Budget )
380450 15: President Richard Nixon meets with Elvis Presley December 21, 1970 at the White House. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers) ( 38045015nixo_20010628_26735.jpg )
Elvis Presley is shown at the International Hotel where he made his first public stage appearance in 9 years in Las Vegas, Nev., in this August 1969, file photo. One month after debuting a surreal re-creation of the Beatles' musical career, Cirque du Soleil announced plans Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006, to open an Elvis Presley-themed show on the Las Vegas strip. (AP Photo/file) ( ELVIS CIRCUS SHOW )
13th February 1968: Elvis and Priscilla Presley with their daughter, Lisa Marie, born on 2nd February. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 99u/27/Dian/13579/69 )
Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) cutting the six-tier wedding cake with his bride Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel, Las Vegas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 98n/15/huty/12235/22 )
1st May 1967: American rock n' roll singer and actor Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) with his bride Priscilla Beaulieu after their wedding in Las Vegas. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 01n/04/Huty/14876/17 )
Elvis Presley wedding to Priscilla Beaulieu, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 01, 1967. (AP-Photo) ( PRESLEY WEDDING )
Lisa Marie Presley poses for her first picture, safe in the lap of her mother, Priscilla, on February 5, 1968, while proud father, Elvis Presley, beams his approval. The baby is the first child for Elvis and his wife, the former Priscilla Beaulieu. (AP Photo/Perry Aycock) ( PRESLEY FAMILY )
Suzanna Leigh embraces Elvis Presley in a publicity photo from the 1966 film "Paradise, Hawaiian Style." Leigh was one of Presley's many female co-stars and is organizing a gathering of actors, actresses and others who worked on Presley's movies. The gathering is scheduled to be held in Memphis, Tenn. to mark the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/courtesy Suzanna Leigh) ( Elvis Co-Stars )
In this 1976 photo released by Impello Films, Elvis Presley waves as his stepbrother D. Edward Stanley looks as they board a plane while on tour. On the brink of the 30th anniversary of Presley's passing, and the DVD release of Stanley's autobiographical drama "Protecting the King," the filmmaker talked to The Associated Press about living with Presley, witnessing his death and protecting his memory. (AP Photos/Impello Films) ( Elvis' Stepbrother )
Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison)
18th June 1965: The most popular male voices in the USA, singers Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998), left, and Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) share a joke together in Hollywood, unusual as both of the stars are adverse to posing for press photographers. Sinatra was on the set of the film 'Frankie And Johnny' and Presley had just donated $50, 000 to the Motion Pictures Relief Fund to aid needy actors and actresses. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 96h/15/huch/3934/19 )
July 1963: Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) and Joan O'Brien play nurse and patient in director Norman Taurog's film 'It Happened At The World's Fair'. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) ( 00w/49/Huty/14896/016 )
Elvis Presley, left, appears in a scene from the movie, "Kid Galahad". (AP Photo) ( ELVIS KID GALAHAD )
The nation's new 50-star flag makes its film debut July 4, 1960 as a backdrop for a movie by Paramount Pictures. Far too large ever to be flown, the 21-by-42 silk flag with 14-inch stars and 18-inch wide stripes was made up for this scene starring Elvis Presley, left center, in Hal Wallis' "G.I. Blues". (AP photo/ho) ( G.I. BLUES )
Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is seen in this 1960 handout. It was Billboard pop No. 1 song November 14, 1960. It sold five million copies. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? )
Elvis Presley poses by a Christmas tree at his home in Memphis, Tenn., in 1960. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS PRESLEY )
Elvis Presley is shown in an undated file photo. (AP Photo) ( PEOPLE ELVIS )
Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never", adapted from the Italian song "O Sole Mio" of 1899, was Billboard pop No. 1, July 25, 1960, and sold nine million copies. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS IT'S NOW OR NEVER )
This 1958 photo provided by RCA Victor shows Elvis Presley. August 16, 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/RCA Victor) ( RP ELVIS JAHRESTAG )
Singer Elvis Presley in an undated photo. (AP Photo) ( Elvis Presley )
Singer Elvis Presley is shown performing on the television program "The Steve Allen Show" at the Hudson Theatre in New York, in this July 1956, file photo. At center is Steve Allen and to his right is Imogene Coca. Elvis fans from around the world are in Memphis this week for the annual remembrance of his death in 1977, and many still remember the year Elvis lit up American televisions. (AP Photo/FILE) ( MUSIC ELVIS ON TV )
Sheet music cover for Lieber and Stoller's "Hound Dog", Elvis Presley's fourth Billboard pop No. 1 hit, August 4, 1956. (AP Photo) ( HOUND DOG )
This is the sheet music cover for Elvis Presley's fifth Billboard pop number 1 hit, "Love Me Tender", from September 20, 1956. Elvis' first movie of that title, was adapted from the Civil War song "Aura Lee" of 1861. (AP Photo) ( LOVE ME TENDER )
Piano virtuoso Liberace is shown playing the guitar with Elvis Presley at the piano in November 1956 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. (AP Photo) ( LIBERACE WITH ELVIS PRESLEY )
In this March 1958 file photo, singer Elvis Presley gets his hair cut before entering the Army at Fort Chaffee in Barling, Ark. According the the U.S. Army, Presley entered the service March 24, 1958, at Fort Chaffee Reception Station. (AP Photo/File) ( Elvis Anniversary )
Elvis Presley smiles on board a U.S. transport ship bound for service with the U.S. armed forces in Germany in 1958. (AP Photo) ( Elvis In The Army )
This is a film poster for the 1958 musical "King Creole" starring Elvis Presley as a bus boy turned night club singer in New Orleans. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS KING CREOLE )
Singer Elvis Presley, in checkered sport coat, and other recruits are shown in their first Army maneuver, a walk from a bus to a supply building where they received their first G.I. issue bedding for the night. Elvis and 21 others arrived at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas by bus on March 24, 1958 from Memphis, Tennessee, where they were inducted. (AP Photo) ( PRESLEY U.S. ARMY RECRUIT )
Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" , from the film of the same name, was Billboard pop number 1, October 14, 1957. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS JAILHOUSE ROCK )
In this 1957 photo provided by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc and used by permission, Elvis Presley greets fans at the gates of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn. Elvis Presley archivists have found three rare photos dating back to 1957 that show the young singer greeting fans at the gates of Graceland. Negatives of the photos were discovered as archivists pored through a vast collection of documents from the office of Vernon Presley, Elvis' father. (AP Photo/Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc) ( Elvis New Photos )
Elvis Presley, right, and Horace Logan, left, pose with disc jockey Ed Hamilton backstage at the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, La., in an undated photo. In October 1954 Logan introduced the teen-age Elvis Presley to America by saying "Ladies and gentlemen, you've never heard of this young man before, but one day you'll be able to tell your children and grandchildren you heard musical history made tonight." (AP Photo/Louisiana Hayride) ( ELVIS HANK & HOSS )
Elvis Presley poses with his Gibson J-200 guitar in an MGM studio publicity photo from the 1950s. (AP Photo/MGM, File ) ( Elvis Lawsuits )
(FILES) Rock'n roll legend Elvis Presley is seen during a concert in a file picture taken in the 1950's. (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) ( ARP2396831 )
Hundreds of people wait outside the late Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion before the gates are opened for the public to view the body of the rock and roll singer in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1977. (AP Photo) ( GRACELAND PRESLEY FANS VIGIL )
This photo shows Vernon and Gladys Presley, Elvis's parents in 1948, in Tupelo, Mississippi. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS PARENTS )
American film star Elvis Presley (1935 - 1977) strides around a ranch with a gun in his hand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 99d/47/huty/13956/45 )
149269 13: Singer Elvis Presley poses for a studio portrait. (Photo by Liaison) ( 14926913elvi_20010626_13163.jpg )
The acetate disc recorded by Elvis Presley as a demo for Sun Records owner Sam Phillips is shown in this undated handout photo from the New York auction house Guernsey's.. (AP Photo) ( ELVIS DEMO )
This undated file image provided by Sotheby's Auction House shows Andy Warhol's portrait of Elvis Presley depicted as a cowboy. The painting, with a silver background, “Double Elvis [Ferus Type]” sold at auction by Sotheby’s in New York for $37 million on May 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Sotheby's Auction House, File) ( Art Auction Rebound )
Elvis Presley's signature is shown above his photograph on a wall inside the box office at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, Friday, July 2, 2010. The box office wall's are filled with signatures by many who have performed in the exposition hall. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) ( Cow Palace Crossroads )
An autographed photo of Elvis Presley in his Army uniform and an Elvis Presley Enterprises Rock 'n' Roll vinyl billfold are two of over 200 items in The Gary Pepper Collection of Elvis Presley Memorabilia at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ( Elvis Auction )
A copy of Sixteen Magazine with a photo of "The Million Dollar Quartet" showing performers Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, and signed by Perkins and Cash, is part of The Gary Pepper Collection of Elvis Presley Memorabilia at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, in Chicago. .(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ( Elvis Auction )
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2009 file photo, a clump of Elvis Presley's hair, given to Gary Pepper as president of the Tankers Fan Club to give to Elvis fans, is one of over 200 items in The Gary Pepper Collection of Elvis Presley Memorabilia at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ( Elvis Auction )
Elvis Presleys' Harley Davidson 1976 Electroglide is displayed during a press call at the 'Elvis at the O2, The Exhibition of His Life' on December 11, 2014 in London, England. The exhibition is the largest ever retrospective ever to take place in Europe, and features over 300 artefacts from the Presley family's Graceland Archives. The show runs at the O2 Arena from 12 December to 31 August, 2015. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 83035688 )
Fans walk by the flower-covered grave of Elvis Presley on the grounds of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on the 30th anniversary of his death Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Presley is buried between his grandmother, Minnie Mae, and his father, Vernon. The grave of his mother, Gladys, is at right. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Elvis 30th Anniversary Death )
Priscilla Presley cuts the eight-tiered birthday cake during the 80th birthday celebration for her late ex-husband Elvis Presley at Graceland, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. A large crowd gathered for the celebration even though the temperature was below 20 degrees. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Brad Vest) ( Elvis Birthday )
US actress Priscilla Presley poses with a pair of bongos which she gifted to Elvis Presley during a photocall for the 'Elvis at the O2' exhibition in in London on December 15, 2014. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images) ( DV1928619 )
Priscilla Presley visits the 'Elvis at the 02' exhibition at 02 Arena on December 15, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images) ( 83090335 )
A selection of suits including an American Eagle Jump Suit and Cape that were worn by Elvis Presley is displayed during a press call at the 'Elvis at the O2, The Exhibition of His Life' on December 11, 2014 in London, England. The exhibition is the largest ever retrospective ever to take place in Europe, and features over 300 artefacts from the Presley family's Graceland Archives. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 83035765 )
Fans of Elvis Presley attend a birthday celebration and cake-cutting on what would have been the late rock and roll icon's 78th birthday, at Graceland on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 in Memphis Tenn. Presley fans from as far as Japan and Brazil gathered in Memphis to sing "Happy Birthday" to the late rock 'n' roll icon. The birthday cake can be seen in the foreground and the Graceland mansion is in the background. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz) ( Elvis Birthday )
A memorial to Elvis Presley is displayed outside Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn. home, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Fans from around the world are at Graceland to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Elvis Candlelight Vigil )
Elvis Presley fans visit his grave at Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn. home, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, the 35th anniversary of Presley's death. Fans from around the world are at Graceland to commemorate Presley's death. Presley died Aug. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Elvis Candlelight Vigil )
FILE -- This Aug. 2010 photo shows Graceland, Elvis Presley's home in Memphis, Tenn. Graceland opened for tours on June 7, 1982. They sold out all 3,024 tickets on the first day and didn't look back, forever changing the Memphis tourist landscape while keeping Elvis and his legend alive.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Graceland 30 Years )
Memphis, UNITED STATES: Priscilla Presley (2nd r) and her daughter Lisa Marie Presley (c) greet US President George W. Bush (l), First Lady Laura Bush (R) and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan during a tour of Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion 30 June, 2006, in Memphis, Tennessee. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was447910 )
Memphis, UNITED STATES: Priscilla Presley (2nd R) and her daughter Lisa Marie Presley (C) greet US President George W. Bush (L), First Lady Laura Bush (R) and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (2nd L) at the entrance of Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion 30 June, 2006, in Memphis, Tenesse. (TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was447904 )
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