What It Was Really Like The Day Elvis Died

Few would argue that Elvis Presley was the most significant popular musician of his generation — some would say the century. Sadly, the King had started to burn out by the end. Brought low by fatigue, drug addiction, and mental illness, Presley was living an insomniac life at his Graceland mansion in his last days. Surrounded by his entourage and final romantic partner, Ginger Alden, Presley was sinking ever deeper into drug dependency and the many health problems associated with it, as well as those of his generally unhealthy lifestyle. His final day was nothing unusual, but as few were there to witness it, there are some details which remain unclear even decades later. Here's what it was really like the day Elvis died.