Happy Elvis' Birthday

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Elvis is 91 today (IYKYK)

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just ran into him at Walmarks, he was on the peanut butter aisle, hbd E!

Am I the only one who can't seem to understand how so many people idolized Elvis? Priscilla was 14 and Elvis was 24 when they met and I always found that to be a bit disturbing. I know those were different times and everything was supposedly consensual but it still seems rather creepy to me.

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just ran into him at Walmarks, he was on the peanut butter aisle, hbd E!

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If he didn't have bananas with it, he wasn't done shopping.

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If he didn't have bananas with it, he wasn't done shopping.

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he said he was headed to produce after he picked up a case of Skippy

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Happy Birthday to David Bowie as well

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And R Kelly

Yeah no question he was good at what he did but to me that's like saying Jared from Subway sure did know how to sell a sandwich so we'll let him slide.

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why do we need to let Elvis slide?

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I don't. But that's what I'm trying to say. Does he fall into the same category as the hot 20 something year old teacher messing with one of her students just because he was a decent looking dude who could sing and dance and work a crowd?

There was always a chance Elvis was still alive but being that he’d be 91 he’s probably dead even if he had been secretly alive.

which Elvis?

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Am I the only one who can't seem to understand how so many people idolized Elvis? Priscilla was 14 and Elvis was 24 when they met and I always found that to be a bit disturbing. I know those were different times and everything was supposedly consensual but it still seems rather creepy to me.

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Huge Elvis fan, but I do wish they met under different circumstances when she was older.

He just lost his mother and was devastated and overseas. She actually presented herself to be much older. Not an excuse or anything. Just saying they really did think she was older at first. They connected over the loss of his mother somehow. She appeared to be a really good listener. This was actually a brief time as he went back home shortly after they met, but he would later write to her. Once she turned older they connected back again and she moved into Graceland with her parents permission 2 months before she turned 18. They got married when she was 21.

Again, I do wish he met her at a different time, but Elvis was absolutely awesome according to so many different people that met him. So many incredible stories of charity and how he treated others. Many that the newspapers had no idea about.

It's absurd people like Quincy Jones wanted to call him racist when he was literally the opposite of that. He had so much respect and appreciation for all races. Even his black childhood friend said how he would always call his parents, "mam and sir" at a time where not many whites would refer to blacks that way.

When Elvis's daughter was born he called Nancy Sinatra and told her how concerned he was for the less fortunate children in the world, specifically poor black children. Think about that. His first and only child was born and that was something on his mind at the time.

There are so many wonderful stories involving Elvis and how he treated others. I remember a story of one of his backup singers getting really sick with possible cancer and he put his hands on her to pray for her and then she eventually recovered. Others stories of how spiritual he was with others and spending countless hours just singing gospel.

And I can't help, but mention Linda Thompson if Elvis is being talked about. This woman is absolutely awesome. She looks incredible for her age too. I wish they could have gotten married. Her story is pretty interesting considering she went from being Elvis's girlfriend to marrying Bruce Jenner. When she married Bruce she had no idea he was considering transitioning. It was only after they married that he revealed that to her and she was not okay with that, so they got divorced. There were no hard feelings over that. Especially since they had kids together. It was just something she was not okay with in a marriage. When Bruce got with Kris she actually did know he had those thoughts and was still okay with it enough to be in a relationship with him. Maybe she didn't care, because she wanted the fame. I don't know.

I think if anyone wants to watch a quick doc on Elvis they should check out Elvis and the black community 1 and 2 on YouTube.