In the 1970s, Elvis Presley was so bored with his career that he began to invent problems for himself. According to Priscilla Presley, he grew obsessed with the idea of cleaning up the streets, even going so far as to offer to “take care” of anyone who bothered her. Elvis himself rarely ventured into dangerous situations. Instead, he sent his bodyguards out to deal with his problems. One of his bodyguards spoke out against this behavior.
Elvis Presley put people in danger to seem ‘macho’
In 1976, Elvis welcomed his bodyguard Red West into his bedroom. Here, West found guns spread all over the floor and a list of people Elvis saw as a threat to the public.
“He had it all planned,” West said in the book Elvis: What Happened? by Steve Dunleavy. “He wanted myself and Dave Hebler and Dick Grob, the former cop, to go out and lure them,...
Elvis Presley put people in danger to seem ‘macho’
In 1976, Elvis welcomed his bodyguard Red West into his bedroom. Here, West found guns spread all over the floor and a list of people Elvis saw as a threat to the public.
“He had it all planned,” West said in the book Elvis: What Happened? by Steve Dunleavy. “He wanted myself and Dave Hebler and Dick Grob, the former cop, to go out and lure them,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
At all times, Elvis Presley could be counted on to have his medication and a gun close to him. He relied heavily on both, especially in the later years of his life. Members of his entourage recalled the singer firing a gun into the television when he saw something he didn’t like, or pointing it at them when he felt even the slightest annoyance. Once, he fired it at the TV out of boredom and accidentally hit his doctor. Luckily, he walked away without injury.
Elvis could have caused a tragedy when he fired a gun indoors
While preparing for a show at a hotel in North Carolina, Elvis shot at his TV. Nobody in the room could remember why he did this, but they could recall the aftermath quite well.
“I can’t remember exactly what brought it on, but just before the show, Elvis just whipped out...
Elvis could have caused a tragedy when he fired a gun indoors
While preparing for a show at a hotel in North Carolina, Elvis shot at his TV. Nobody in the room could remember why he did this, but they could recall the aftermath quite well.
“I can’t remember exactly what brought it on, but just before the show, Elvis just whipped out...
- 1/27/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In 1976, Elvis Presley visited Colorado with his entourage and began peddling a story about a drug raid. Elvis took each member of his entourage aside and told them he had taken a trip to Denver so he could help the police. According to Elvis, he had tagged along on a drug raid and broken the neck of a drug dealer. When members of his entourage investigated this claim further, they found there was no truth to it.
Elvis lied about something he experienced on a drug raid
On a ski trip to Vail, Colorado, Elvis took a day trip to Denver. He bought cars for his friends in the police force and dropped them off. In conversations with his entourage, though, he claimed this was just a cover. The real reason for his trip was to help the police on a drug raid.
“He then told me in very confidential...
Elvis lied about something he experienced on a drug raid
On a ski trip to Vail, Colorado, Elvis took a day trip to Denver. He bought cars for his friends in the police force and dropped them off. In conversations with his entourage, though, he claimed this was just a cover. The real reason for his trip was to help the police on a drug raid.
“He then told me in very confidential...
- 1/12/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elvis Presley’s bodyguards knew he took a number of different medications, but they became concerned when they learned he was using cocaine. On a tour in which Elvis seemed unwell, they realized that a shipment of cocaine had arrived. When bodyguard Red West learned about it, he attacked the man who had given Elvis the drug.
Elvis’ bodyguards violently attached a musician
On a tour in the early 1970s, Elvis did not seem like himself. He stumbled while exiting a car and seemed unsteady onstage one day. The next day, he threatened to take the “kidney away from” his record producer. His friends were concerned about him and became even more so when they realized the musician had received a shipment of cocaine.
Per the book Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick, his bodyguards Red West and Ed Parker learned the drug came from “a...
Elvis’ bodyguards violently attached a musician
On a tour in the early 1970s, Elvis did not seem like himself. He stumbled while exiting a car and seemed unsteady onstage one day. The next day, he threatened to take the “kidney away from” his record producer. His friends were concerned about him and became even more so when they realized the musician had received a shipment of cocaine.
Per the book Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick, his bodyguards Red West and Ed Parker learned the drug came from “a...
- 12/31/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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