Elvis Presley, who died 44 years ago this month, was not a drug abuser in the typical rock’n’roll lifestyle sense, a new book claims, but he was medicating to address a series of congenital illnesses. Hoedel, an historian, claims it was not a coincidence, that Presley’s mother, Gladys, died at 46 and Presley at 42. “His health issues were varied but he hid them so well that over-medication is all we remember now,” Hoedel says. He says, ‘I’m sick, I don’t feel good, but I can’t stop because everybody is relying on me’.”Hoedel believes Presley was not a drug addict looking to escape reality. “Elvis’s story is looked on as one of destruction, but it is a futile struggle to survive, through poverty and then through health issues,” she says.

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2021 08:26 UTC