Friday, March 20, 2009

ELVIS PRESELY'S DEATH

Elivs Presely was found passed out in his own vomit in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion, in Memphis, Tennessee. The cause of Elvis' death concerns an overdose of multiple drugs. The ten prescribed drugs were taken in a dose that no doctor would ever prescribe. The mixture consisted of the painkillers Demerol and Morphine, the tranquilizer's Valium, and Placidyl, Chloropheniramine and the four other drugs that were found in ihs system in "significant quantitites", Codeine, an opiate, Ethinamate, "sleeping pill", Quaaludes, and a depressant that has never been identified. Elvis was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm on August 16, 1977.
Elvis went down in history as the best seeling artist of all time, selling over one billion records globally. No artist has yet to meet this record. However, this very famous singer had a rough childhood. His twin brother was stillborn and his father went to prison when Elvis was 3, leaving Elvis and his mother to move in with his father's parents. Elvis grew up around Gospel music and fell in love with everytype of music. Elvis became the first rock and roll star. However, despite his popularity, Elvis was a drug abuser, eventually causing his own death.