Article: A lifelong love affair with Elvis

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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