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Elvis Presley

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ELVIS PRESLEY

  • Why did he kill himself?
  • Christian Vriseno 3rd 2/5/16

WHEN DID HE DIE/ WHERE

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, TN at the age of 42.
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ELVIS PRESLEY

  • For some reason his family covered up his death.
  • Probably because they didn't want anyone to know how he killed himself.
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PRESLEY BEFORE HIS DEATH

  • "On August 16th 1977, he returned to Graceland after a late appointment with the dentist".
  • "After a while he went to his bedroom at 7:00pm to take a nap before he had to leave".
  • Then he went to to hospital.
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WHY DID HE GO TO THE Hospital.

  • On November, 1973, Elvis was "admitted to the hospital for pneumonia, pleurisy, hepatitis, and an enlarged colon".
  • Elvis used proscription drugs to be able to fight through all the pain that he was going through.
  • He continued to take the pills to calm down, but then he had to go to the hospital again because of health and drug problems.
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HOW HE DIED OF A HEART ATTACK/ OVERDOSE

  • When he was in the hospital they said that he overdosed on prescription drugs which caused him to have a cardiac arrhythmia and a heart attack.
  • He took a cocktail mixed with a lot of different types of prescription drugs like,
  • "Morphine Demerol Chloropheniramine Placidyl Valium Codeine Ethinamate Quaaludes An unknown depressant".
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