Elvis Presley had heartbreaking last phrases for Linda Thompson earlier than loss of life
Elvis Presley first met Linda Thompson, the 22-year-old magnificence queen, in 1972.
The pair fell head-over-heels in love with each other and have become inseparable over the course of their four-year relationship that adopted.
But issues did not at all times appear so as to add up. And, earlier than she knew it, the connection started to collapse. Linda felt she needed to break issues off.
In November 1976 – simply 9 months earlier than Elvis was discovered lifeless at his house, Graceland, on August 16, 1977 – Linda met Elvis and had the robust dialog with him.
Linda (who turns 73-year-old tomorrow on May 23, 2023) defined Elvis flew her out to San Francisco to see a live performance. But again on the lodge, issues acquired severe.
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Linda informed the Daily Mail that she entered his lodge room and revealed she had suspected he was dishonest on her.
She informed him: “Honey, if there’s another woman, just be honest with me.”
She emotionally informed the King of Rock and Roll that she cherished him as “they held each other”. Then the star stated his last phrases to her.
Elvis “tearfully pledged his love and loyalty” to Linda, however she was not going to vary her thoughts. She was completed with Elvis. “Then,” she emotionally recalled. “I walked away.”
As Linda walked away from Elvis in his lodge room, she did not suppose this might be the ultimate time she ever noticed him alive.
Elvis moved on rapidly. He had a brand new girlfriend – Ginger Alden – comparatively quickly after Linda broke up with him. He was with the younger mannequin till his loss of life, 9 months later.
In truth, Elvis was discovered lifeless by Ginger in his house on August 16, 1977. But Linda was nonetheless one of many first folks to know.
Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie Presley – who was simply nine-years-old when her father died – needed Linda to know as quickly as potential.
Once Elvis was pronounced lifeless, Lisa Marie known as Linda. She recalled: “‘My daddy’s dead,’ [Lisa Marie] kept saying. ‘He’s not, he’s just ill,’ I replied. ‘No, he’s smothered in the carpet,’ Lisa Marie told me. That’s when I knew it was true.” Linda then revealed she “screamed and threw the phone against the wall.
The star attended Elvis’ enormous and lavish funeral, which was held in Graceland a few days later. When she arrived, Elvis’ father, Vernon Presley, told her: “You saved my boy alive for extra years than I may. You had been the very best girl for him.”