Elvis Presley loss of life – Graceland upstairs preserved ‘like he got up and left’

Elvis Presley‘s house has been open to the general public as a museum for over 40 years, however no one is allowed upstairs.

That is until you might be Priscilla Presley, his granddaughter Riley Keough or somebody with particular permission like Graceland’s Vice President of Archives and Exhibits Angie Marchese.

Even when Elvis first moved into Graceland again in 1957, he was acutely aware of defending his privateness.

The Memphis mansion had an open home for his household and interior circle, however the upstairs was by invitation solely.

The world-famous singer even had a safety wall with a one-way mirror put in on the first-floor touchdown, with safety cameras for him to see who was downstairs.

Graceland’s upstairs consists of Elvis’ workplace, his dressing room, his daughter Lisa Marie’s room, plus his bed room and the lavatory the place he died on the bathroom of a coronary heart assault at simply 42 on August 16, 1977. Since it was Elvis’ personal house in his life, it stays so in his loss of life. However, Angie has spoken of what it’s like up there, because it’s her job to protect The King’s interior sanctum – rooms that the late Lisa Marie described because the one place she felt most secure in the entire world.

Speaking beforehand in an Instagram Q&A from inside Graceland, the archivist admitted the upstairs is preserved as The King had it in 1977, saying: “It looks as if he just got up and left. It is part of my job to maintain it. So we do go up there to maintain the space. The record on the record player is the last record he listened to. There’s a styrofoam cup that sits on a bookshelf. The bed is made, so we really maintain it the way that Lisa wants us to preserve it. So, unfortunately, [fans] can’t see it, but it is taken care of.”

The Graceland upstairs curator additionally shared what the final report Elvis performed was.

Angie revealed it was a recent recording of JD Sumner and the Stamps. Sumner was an American gospel singer recognized for his bass vocals and The Stamps ended up singing at The King’s funeral.

The Graceland archivist continued: “It was a recording that that they had simply executed within the studio that that they had despatched to Elvis. I’ve by no means really performed it, so I don’t know the tune that’s on it. The label on it simply has the recording date on it that simply says ‘The Stamps.’”