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 Ginger Alden, Elvis's girlfriend at the time, discovered him dead on the toilet floor at Graceland. [([[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-presleys-fiancee-tells-chilling-10999871|Mirror]])] Ginger Alden, Elvis's girlfriend at the time, discovered him dead on the toilet floor at Graceland. [([[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-presleys-fiancee-tells-chilling-10999871|Mirror]])]
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 +===== First Guitar Came From a Hardware Store =====
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 +Despite his requests for a gun or a bicycle for his 11th birthday, his mother brought him to a hardware store in Tupelo to select his first guitar. [([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-presley-receives-his-first-guitar|History]])]
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 +===== Savage =====
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 +A Florida judge who was dissatisfied with Elvis' famous hip motions and body shaking while he danced on stage gave him the name "Savage". [([[https://books.google.pl/books?id=CZ19AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1947&lpg=PA1947&dq=Elvis+was+given+his+nickname+of+%E2%80%9CSavage%E2%80%9D+from+a+Florida+judge&source=bl&ots=z0AdWMPjvB&sig=ACfU3U1ebFLHP2FeseOLD3NBE77a1CEf-w&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWqJPPk8nyAhXvg_0HHdw6CWgQ6AF6BAgkEAM#v=onepage&q=Elvis%20was%20given%20his%20nickname%20of%20%E2%80%9CSavage%E2%80%9D%20from%20a%20Florida%20judge&f=false|Google Books]])]
 +
 +===== Bullied =====
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 +Elvis admitted to being harassed as a child, recalling incidents of classmates tossing rotten fruit at him or cutting his guitar strings. [([[https://www.graceland.com/blog/posts/elvis-presley-the-student|Graceland]])]
 +
 +===== Military =====
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 +When Elvis' mother Gladys became ill, he returned from the military to be at her side. [([[https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1354904/Elvis-Presley-death-mother-Gladys-died-Priscilla-vernon-Graceland-drugs-how-did-Elvis-die|Express]])]
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