Elvis fiancee on heartbreaking last dialog and intimate ‘non-public moments’
Elvis Presley died immediately at house in Graceland on August 16, 1977, together with his fiancée Ginger Alden within the subsequent room.
After a succession of girlfriends earlier than, throughout and after his marriage to Priscilla, Ginger was the primary one he proposed to.
She has fantastically described their time collectively, denouncing the favored picture of a tragic and declining idol, together with their final dialog simply hours earlier than he died.
The King had proposed to her on January 26, 1977, with a spectaculatr big diamond ring.
When no stone sufficiently big may very well be discovered quick sufficient, he had the eleven and a half carat diamond faraway from his personal TCB ring.
The King’s fiancée, who wrote about their time collectively in her e-book Elvis and Ginger, mentioned: “On the day he proposed, he said: ‘Ginger, I’ve been searching for love so long, and never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would find it in my own backyard. I’ve been 60% happy and 40% happy, but never 100%. I’ve loved before but I’ve never been in love. Ginger, I’m asking you, will you marry me?’
“Elvis introduced his hand out from round his again. In it was a small, inexperienced velvet field. Nearly overcome by emotion, my voice quavered. ‘Yes,’ I managed.
“Our relationship had been so intense, as if he wanted me to know almost everything about him in a short time. I felt I’d found my soulmate. My hand was shaking as we kissed and stepped out of the bathroom into the bedroom. My hand was still trembling as he kept lifting it to look at the ring saying, ‘oh boy.’”
Throughout that year, Elvis battled with health and weight issues, exacerbated by the huge cocktail of drugs he took every day.
Ginger has previously described how she battled to encourage a healthier lifestyle and in her new post, Ginger described the toxic culture surrounding the star and how nobody ever knew how much she tried to help him.
Ginger said today on her Facebook page: “I cherished him deeply, knew he felt the identical, took care of him, pampered and tried to know him as complicated as I realized he may very well be… Through my difficult him at mandatory instances behind closed doorways, one thing unbeknownst to others, I at all times felt delight as I got here to see there had been some “yes” folks in a life taken far too quickly.
Ginger added: “Our nine months God gave us together seemed to equal that of a few years as I jumped onto what felt like a fast moving train with Elvis teaching and confiding as he shared his thoughts and feelings, wanting me to “catch up” and become a part of his amazing life.
“He was older, I used to be younger, however I’d not have modified our age distinction for the world.”
But it was Ginger who would find The King dead in his bathroom, just hours after they had had an emotional conversation about their exciting plans for a future that would never happen.
Ginger said: “(We have been) sitting in his daughter Lisa Marie’s bed room within the early hours of August sixteenth when Elvis started discussing marriage ceremony plans and setting a date with me.”
“Elvis was wanting ahead to many issues, marriage, extra youngsters, critical movies and his subsequent tour.
“He was in a good mood, we had just set a wedding date literally hours earlier and he told me a couple of weeks before he passed that he had been off too long. He was ready to go back on stage, something he loved with all of his being.
“This day had begun with pleasure and hope for Elvis and me, however resulted in heartache and disbelief. At the age of 42, my fiancé, Elvis Aaron Presley, was lifeless.”