Elvis Aaron Presley , the King of Rock n ' Roll , would have been 74 years old today were it not for a risky Nox on the toilet in 1977 . Even after all these years , there ’s still a spate of mystery smother the King , so for his birthday lease ’s take a look at some of the myth that persist .
Was Elvis a DEA Agent?
Elvis was more straight - laced than the argument surrounding his gyrating hip would lead you to believe . He hated the hipster drug culture and longed to become a " Federal Agent at Large" for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs ( BNDD ) , a forerunner to the Drug Enforcement Agency . At a 1970 meeting at the White House with President Richard Nixon , Elvis offered to become an hole-and-corner agent and " infiltrate flower child groups" for the regime . Nixon was unsure if an arrangement could be worked out , but made Elvis an honorary agent and gave him a badge . While Elvis never conducted any official BNDD business concern , he was , in some belittled mode , a narc . A drug - woolly narc , but a narc nonetheless .
Are Elvis and (insert name here) related?
Southerner like Elvis are often the butt of jest about family tree that do n’t ramify , but Elvis ' family branch out in some surprising directions . genealogic inquiry has placed Elvis as a descendant of Abraham Lincoln ’s expectant - great granddaddy , Isaiah Harrison and a sixth first cousin once removed from Jimmy Carter ( both their kin line go back to Valentine Preslar , a German who came to New York in 1709 ) .
Was Elvis one of a kind?
There can only be one Elvis , but he did have a ( Elvis believe superposable ) twin brother , Jessie Garon Presley , who was abortive . Jessie , older than Elvis by a few second , was buried in a pauper ’s grave without a headstone in Priceville Cemetery near Tupelo , Mississippi .
Elvis ' mother told him when he was immature that when one Gemini died , the one that lived set about the strong suit of both . Elvis got something else from his twin , too . When he was wear , his parents chose " Aron" as his middle name , a non - traditional spelling similar to Jessie ’s middle name ( giving birth platter list it " Aaron,“ and an sometime Elvis decided to use the traditional spelling . )
Did Elvis “shoot" Robert Goulet?
Whether that ’s just some crazy report depends on who you demand . James Warner , the former Elvis expert at allexperts.com , has said that the incident stem from a time when Elvis was date stamp a woman who worked with Goulet . When Elvis was stationed in Germany while serving in the armed services , Goulet purportedly sent him a letter say he ’d " take upright care of Anita" while Elvis was gone and the King held a grievance .
Goulet himself say that Elvis ' associates told him that TV shot was a plebeian occurrence and Elvis did n’t intend anything by it . In fact , he pronounce in an interview that he and Elvis get along well ( Goulet called him " charming and delightful" ) and described an showdown the two once had backstage . The singers were talking and at one power point , Goulet commented on one of Elvis ' ring . Elvis take it off his digit and put it on Goulet ’s , who maintain it until it was stolen ( he suspected his housekeeper ) .
Is Elvis still alive?
I have n’t seen him , but if you have , now is the time to share .
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