Elvis 1977 final shows ‘horrifying to watch' admits ex Linda Thompson ‘Not the man I knew'
msn.comElvis Presley's last couple of years saw him really let himself go. The King ballooned in weight and was addicted to the uppers and downers he felt he needed to maintain his busy touring schedule.
From 1974-1976 the star performed almost 400 concerts and by his final months looked a shadow of the hunk he once was, as he suffered from liver damage, glaucoma, an enlarged colon and high blood pressure.
Around Christmas of 1976, his girlfriend of four years Linda Thompson amicably broke up with him, wanting a normal life away from his hectic celebrity lifestyle.
During his final 1977 tour, manager Colonel Tom Parker had organised for what would be a third and final TV special. Filmed weeks before his death on August 16, footage was taken from concerts in Nebraska and South Dakota on June 19 and 21.
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