Elvis Presley was a true music legend - known by his millions of fans simply as The King. But, 43 years ago today and aged just 42, this rock and roll icon was found dead at his palatial home.
For more than four decades the harrowing details of his slow decline into ill health and eventual death have both horrified and fascinated his fans.
The former heartthrob, who had found fame when he was still a teenager, had collapsed in the toilet and died. Blue-eyed and snake-hipped, screaming fans followed the boy from Memphis, Tennessee, every where he went when he burst onto the scene in the 1950s.
His poster adorned the walls of millions of his fans bedrooms and every record his produced was a sure fire hit. And, with his film star good looks,
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