Rutherglen man who met Elvis and lived Hollywood lifestyle releases autobiography

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Some of Michael McLeavy's life story could easily pass for fiction - but the Lanarkshire man's new book is all fact. Michael moved from Rutherglen to Hollywood in the 1960s, deciding to embark on an American adventure in a bid to meet his hero, Elvis.

Unbelievably, that's exactly what happened, as he met the King and ended up working in Tinseltown, meeting celebrities like Burt Lancaster, Orson Welles and Mia Farrow in the process.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Now, he's penned a book about his life story, called What Now? What Next? Where To?, with the autobiography available through the likes of Amazon."When I originally joined Facebook I wrote in my comments that I had a varied background and hoped to write a book someday", explains Michael."As writing was not my forte, I joined a class that was full of writers four years ago and that gave me the motivation as I had to have a chapter completed for each class on various subjects, including my own.