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13 sty 2022 · On August 14, 1958, Gladys Presley died at age 46. Though the cause was a heart attack, it was later found that one of the contributing factors was liver failure due to alcohol poisoning. “It broke my heart,” Elvis Presley said.
2 lip 2022 · Gladys Presley died on August 14, 1958, at the age of 46, due to a heart attack. It was discovered that one of the contributing factors to the attack was liver failure due to alcohol poisoning.
18 sie 2020 · AUGUST 14, 1958 – Elvis Presley’s mother GLADYS PRESLEY (b. April 25, 1912 as Gladys Love Smith in Tupelo, Mississippi) died of a heart attack at age 46, brought on by acute hepatitis. At her funeral two days later Presley was so overcome with grief he was unable to stand and had to be supported.
Below are summaries of the wire service articles concerning Gladys Presley’s illness, death, and burial that appeared in US newspapers in August 1958. They provide a snapshot of how the American public shared the greatest tragedy in Elvis’ life day by day.
11 maj 2022 · On August 14, 1958, Gladys Presley died, aged just 46. The cause of death was a heart attack, and it was later discovered that one of the contributing factors was liver failure due to alcohol poisoning.
14 sie 2024 · Gladys was ill throughout the summer of 1958, so she and husband Vernon Presley returned to Memphis in early August to see her personal physician. On August 8, gravely ill, she was taken by ambulance to Methodist Hospital. Deeply concerned, Elvis was finally granted emergency leave after threatening to go AWOL on August 12.
30 maj 2021 · In 1953, Elvis began paying for some time at Sun Records to perform, and later claimed he did this as a gift for his mother. But as Elvis continued to do well in the music, Gladys allegedly...