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Article: Elvis Presley and the politics of popular memory.(ESSAY)(Essay)
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- Southern Cultures
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- September 22, 2007
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Lonely Life Ends on Elvis Presley Boulevard," blared the headline of a late-summer special edition of the Memphis Press-Scimitar. "The King is Dead." Much like his explosive ascent nearly a generation earlier, Elvis Presley's untimely demise on August 16, 1977, left many "all shook up." Grieving fans by the thousands trekked to Memphis for the wake and funeral; millions more paid their respects by besieging radio stations and record stores, listening to songs and looking for Presley products. Commenting on the mass anguish, one veteran columnist recalled that he had witnessed many instances of public mourning since the assassination of ...