Elvis fans mark 35th anniversary of ‘The King’s’ death
Posted August 16, 2012 6:16 am.
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Thousands of people from came out to observe the 35th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley on Wednesday night.
Elvis’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and their daughter Lisa Marie thanked the crowd gathered at Graceland, in Memphis, Tenn., for their devotion to the King of Rock and Roll and his music.
The annual candlelight vigil has been a tradition since the early 1980s.
The rock and roll icon died of a drug-related heart attack in 1977 at the age 42.
