His stillborn brother's name was Garon.....just to set the record straight.
He has had and does still have a huge impact on our culture. There will never be another King. Elvis, beyond all the smear was also a very good human being. What he did not understand back then, was that his dependency on prescription drugs, was no different than one's dependency on street drugs. I think he really thought it was ok, because it was prescribed by a doctor. I can see where the lifestyle took it's toll, on a very good man.
My mother met him with another friend, just roaming the halls of the Sheraton Hotel, in Spokane, Washington. He invited them both in, and they watched T.V. and chatted. Mom thought it was so unreal, when she asked if he wanted a stick of gum and he actually accepted and chewed it. She still has the wrapper, which she asked him to autograph.