1977 | 5. Elvis, the Pledge, and Extraterrestrials
One Year
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:32.6 | At 1228 a.m. on August 16, 1977, a man from Indiana snapped a photo of Elvis Presley with |
| 0:41.2 | a Kodak Instomatic camera. That picture shows Elvis at the front gate of Graceland, heading |
| 0:47.9 | back home after a late-night dentist appointment. He's driving a black luxury car, a Stutz |
| 0:53.6 | Blackh Hawk 3. |
| 0:55.5 | Elvis's right hand is on the steering wheel, and he's holding up his left as though he's giving a casual wave. |
| 1:02.1 | He's wearing dark sunglasses, and it looks like he might be smiling, but it's hard to tell. |
| 1:08.0 | As far as anyone knows, it's the last image ever taken of Elvis Presley alive. |
| 1:14.0 | Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, his dad at the age of 42. |
| 1:18.5 | He sold millions of records more than anyone in the music industry except the Beatles. |
| 1:23.1 | What we're left with is a life that was the stuff of fables. |
| 1:26.8 | I think he'll be the greatest thing ever |
| 1:28.6 | remembered that came out of America. On the afternoon of August 16th, Ian Calder convened an |
| 1:38.3 | emergency meeting at his office in Lantana, Florida. We wouldn't have dreamed if he was still |
| 1:42.7 | alive running a major front-page story in August. |
| 1:46.9 | Calder was the editor of the National Enquirer. |
| 1:49.9 | It was on him to decide how to cover the King's death. |
| 1:53.7 | He had gone downhill, he had got fat. |
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