sudden death left his legions of fans devastated and grappling with the mystery of how so abruptly. The icon was found unresponsive, , his pajama bottoms around his ankles on August 16, 1977. In his final months, Elvis packed on three and a half stone, his .
Once celebrated for and chart domination, by the end, Elvis struggled to even get out of bed, burdened by excess weight, struggling with constipation, consumed by paranoia and depression. He had been prescribed almost 9,000 pills, vials and injections in the lead-up to his death. Yet, the true cause of death for Elvis' death remains shrouded in mystery; the Presley family has kept the autopsy results under wraps for 50 years.
Despite this silence, medical professionals have voiced their theories, some citing a significant previous injury as a possible culprit. Ginger Alden, Elvis' then-girlfriend who discovered him that fateful day, recounted the harrowing discovery in her memoir, depicting the chilling scene: "His arms lay on the ground, close to his sides, palms facing upward. It was clear that, from the moment he landed on the floor, Elvis hadn't moved.
I gently turned his face toward me. "A hint of air expelled from his nose. The tip of his tongue was clenched between his teeth and his face was blotchy.
I gently raised one eyelid. His eye was staring straight ahead and blood red." An autopsy conducted the same day was immediately sealed, igniting rampant speculation about the cause of death.
Dan Warlick, the Tennessee.