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It was one of the worst storms to hit London since God knows when. The thunder rolled, lightning flashed and the rain hammered into the roof. There\u2019s something about a storm that brings a sense of doom. It fitted so perfectly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When the ITV news flash<\/strong> sign came on the TV screen everyone looked up. When the flash sign was immediately followed by a still of Elvis Presley<\/strong>, a quiet voice breathed, \u201cOh, my God.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cReports are coming in that Elvis Presley, the rock and roll singer, died this evening at his home in Memphis, Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We all looked at each other in disbelief.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cElvis is dead!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It didn\u2019t seem quite credible. And yet it wasn\u2019t the kind of shock that followed the news of J.F.K. being cut down. There had been so much speculation about Presley\u2019s mental and physical health that his death was unpleasantly predictable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It was almost impossible to know what to think. My first impulse was to pick up the phone and call a couple of people. I tried two numbers, but they were both busy. Obviously other people had reacted the same way. It was the kind of news that demanded to be passed on. Elvis had always been there. For more than two decades he\u2019d maintained a unique position in too many people\u2019s lives. Despite all the depressing rumours it scarcely seemed possible that he\u2019d gone, that Elvis Presley<\/strong> was dead at 42.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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I guess the only word I can use is numb. Numb, and just very slightly embarrassed at the way I was reacting. It wasn\u2019t the ordinary kind of grief that you feel for a personal friend. There was no voice telling me that I\u2019d never see Elvis Presley<\/a> again. Jesus Christ, I\u2019d never seen him, ever. I didn\u2019t even regret that I\u2019d never get the chance to see him. The Elvis Presley<\/strong> I\u2019d have given my right arm to watch was the wild hoodlum in the gold jacket who vanished into the US Army and never returned. I\u2019d mourned his passing many years ago.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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