Saturday, July 18, 2020

Elvis is in the news again





Very few of us give much thought to Elvis anymore, since he has not been among us for nearly 50 years. Ironically, he has now been dead for more years (43) that he was alive (42).

Elvis was an American singer and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to great success—and initial controversy.

With his rise from poverty to significant fame, Presley's success seemed to epitomize the American Dream. The best-selling solo music artist of all time, he was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, R&Badult contemporary, and gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Presley holds several records; the most RIAA certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, and the most number-one albums and number-one singles on the UK Albums Chart and UK Singles Chart, respectively. In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Even though he has been dead since 1977, the estate of Elvis Pressley earned $39 million last year. The only dead celebrity to earn more money was Michael Jackson, whose estate earned $60 million.


On top of that, there are LOTS of people today who still making a living as an Elvis impersonator.


All to often, the lives of the rich and famous have more than their share of troubles – and that happened this week to relatives of Elvis.

His only child, Lisa Marie Pressley, has been married 4 times.

·         Danny Keough
(m. 1988; div. 1994)
·         Michael Jackson
(m. 1994; div. 1996)
·         Nicolas Cage
(m. 2002; div. 2004)
·         Michael Lockwood
(m. 2006; separated 2016)

Her marriage to Danny Keough produced two children, Riley and Benjamin Keough. Last Sunday, her son Benjamin Keough died at the age of 27 in Calabasas, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office and listed his death cause a suicide.


Lisa Marie Presley’s son, Benjamin Keough, struggled with booze and drugs and had recently been to rehab, sources told writer Tony Ortega.



Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie, brought up her family in Scientology before a falling out with its controversial leader, David Miscavige, in 2014. Keough committed suicide on Sunday. A friend of his told Ortega — who covers all things Scientology in his blog the Underground Bunker — that back in May, Keough “had been talking about how f--ked up kids get in Scientology.
He was raised in the religion with his sister Riley, and their dad, Danny Keough — Presley’s first husband — is still in the church.
Meanwhile, Presley has been going through a bitter divorce from her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood, including a custody battle over their 11-year-old twins, Finley and Harper.
Speaking about Presley, the source told Ortega: “Ben was her baby. More than Riley. More than the twins. This will be beyond inconceivable for her. I really worry that it might be too much for her.”
Another source, who was said to be close to Keough as a boy, claimed, “His entire family was shaped by Scientology, and [they’re] paying the price.