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Are you old enough to remember where you were when you heard The King died?
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:22 am
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:22 am
It was raining in New Iberia that day. I had just parked at Burger Chef. Was announced on the radio.
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Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:24 am to tbabino
On the playground in first grade.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:24 am to tbabino
When did he die? I thought he was in jail... unless trump pardoned him.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:25 am to tbabino
Winterfell
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:29 am to tbabino
I was getting ready for school living in Memphis suburb of Bartlett. Just a couple weeks before had stopped by the gates of his estate and Lisa Marie rode out to greet his fans on a golf cart. (when he was alive fans could not go beyond the gates which were always closed, there were usually a dozen or so fans hanging around all day every day)
ETA: Mom still has a copy or 2 of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal newspaper from that day and some of the other days after involving Dr. Nicky.
ETA: Mom still has a copy or 2 of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal newspaper from that day and some of the other days after involving Dr. Nicky.
This post was edited on 8/16/20 at 9:37 am
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:30 am to tbabino
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It was raining in New Iberia that day. I had just parked at Burger Chef.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:33 am to tbabino
Cousin's house in Breaux Bridge
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:34 am to tbabino
Yep. 3rd or 4th grade and it was extremely memorable.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:34 am to tbabino
I was on the LSU Campus starting my Freshman year. I don't think classes had started yet. My roommate and I went straight to Murphy's and had a few in his honor.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:37 am to tbabino
Had just got done fishing with dad and grandfather in Columbus, MS. Heard it on the radio.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:38 am to Kim Jong Ir
At the local swimming pool. Heard it on the radio. This date August 16th has had some very famous people die. Babe Ruth, Aretha Franklin, Peter Fonda.....and of course Elvis.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:39 am to tbabino
I just remember it coming on the 10 o’clock news.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:41 am to tbabino
Driving home from work in Starkville, MS. I had just turned left on Greensboro St from Louisville St, and I happened to be listing to Memphis AM radio (probably WHBQ) when the news broke. I parked right there and listened to the afternoon of wall-to-wall radio coverage. Think how WWL-AM sounded after Buddy D passed; this was for The King.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:41 am to dukke v
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dukke v
"Long live the King!"
- Peej, Aug 15, 1977
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:43 am to dbeck
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:44 am to tbabino
Robert Trump was only a king to his parents
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:45 am to tbabino
There was a skate park in Metairie called Zoom City, the announcement came over the radio station they played over the loudspeakers. I think they had WRNO on at the time...
I was 13...
I was 13...
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:47 am to C
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When did he die? I thought he was in jail... unless trump pardoned him.
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Atlanta Falcons Fan
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:49 am to tbabino
In a car with my mom driving up to her mother's house.
Posted on 8/16/20 at 9:52 am to tbabino
In the back seat of my parents' car as the news came over the radio, they had just picked me up from the babysitter's house. I had no idea who "The King" was so I asked. That's one of my earliest memories.
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