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Article: A lifelong love affair with Elvis
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- September 16, 2007
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The American meteor known as Elvis Presley blasted off 50 years
ago through a phenomenon of writhing, screaming teenage girls who are
now gray-haired grandmothers with gravitas and arthritis that curtail
that behavior.
But as these women have slowed down, Elvis has kept on going - and
burns more brightly than ever.
Why?
Just two weeks ago, a veritable United Nations of 50,000 people
(only a few of whom were grandmothers) stood in a steaming 100-
degree Memphis street - while thousands more watched on computer
screens and TVs around the world - to honor Elvis on the 30th
anniversary of his death. Forget the tragic circumstances of Elvis'
self-induced passing; these people had come from ...
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