Famously

It’s 1960 and Elvis is a superstar sex symbol. Women want him, men want to be him. He’s a national icon.

But in the space of 16 years, Elvis will become a washed up laughing stock, stage the greatest comeback of all time, and come crashing back to earth, ending up dead on the toilet at 42.

Links from the show:

One Boy, Two Little Girls - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl2n0Eibfgk

Elvis curing autism - https://i2.wp.com/chicagoreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/change_of_habit.jpg?fit=1020%2C823&ssl=1

Wedding - https://wwd.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-76884365.jpg?w=1024

Lisa Marie birth - https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/21/8d/a4/218da41751d79199f659088c47290d62.jpg

Letter to Nixon - https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/elvis-letter-to-nixon

Elvis and Nixon - https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/8hAAAOSwqu9VPUVh/s-l1600.webp

Divorce - https://www.instagram.com/p/C2gCa17PMLH/

Traffic cop - http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/perspectives101315_files/image001.jpg

Coffin - https://www.remindmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/National-Enquirer-cover-with-Elvis-in-coffin_1977-1104x1536.jpg

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He was the most famous rockstar of the 20th century.

So how did Elvis end up an obese wreck, dead on the toilet at 42, surrounded by sex books and prescription pills?

We're charting the first half of his life - as he turns from a Mississippi mamas boy into an amphetamine-addled music star with a teenage girlfriend.

Links from the show:

Elvis as a child - https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/sites/default/files/imported-images/68.gif

That's Alright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCP_g7X31nI

Elvis t-shirt - https://www.instagram.com/p/DUTzUUUEpIq/

Elvis and Anita - https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRM_Ty0VEwZrr4QmrlPv0N3AfZ7EOm84RRV7y4L2KAkzyzPZfvis0FcowY&s=10

Hair cut - https://images.imagerenderer.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/2/elvis-presley-receives-an-army-crew-cut-bettmann.jpg

Priscilla waving goodbye - https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcms/2022-06/priscilla-presley-fashion-young-bn-220627-3a2e78.jpg

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Famously is a podcast about the wild lives of famous rogues, rockstars and wrong'uns.

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