Getty Following his split from Thompson, and a brief relationship with a woman named Mindi Miller, Elvis began dating Ginger Alden. Its amazing that Ginger Alden would let such a disparaging image of herand her familygo unchallenged for so many years. Ginger did not like touring, one-night stands. But see, she knew this Jim Kirk. Not saying he didn't. So, it would have made sense that Ginger would have gotten ready and looked perfect. Alden was 20 and Elvis was 42. Though his habits could possibly be erratic and typically even form of imply, she has all the time recalled him with kindness and affection. Ginger was concerned but unable to affect Elvis drug use, In a San Francisco hotel room in late November 1976, just 10 days after she met Elvis, Ginger saw him swallow the contents of small yellow packet an aide had brought to their room. Then aged 21, Ginger found the star just after 2pm in his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more. Alan Hanson| March 2018, Reader Comment:Thank you for a long overdue acknowledgement of Elvis and Ginger. Theres no reason to trust the accounts of any of the guys posing as Elvis friends in those final months. The Grob fans: "Die! We don't know who is right." What occurred to her after Presley died in 1977? She soon went back to a contrite Elvis, though. Although they obviously didnt believe Ginger was a good match for Elvis at that time in his life, it would appear that Elvis did. Elvis and Priscilla married in 1967 after seven years together, and separated in 1972. The story has some eerie parallels to Elvis' earlier relationship and marriage to Priscilla Presley, and fans already know that the musical superstar was troubled throughout his life, and Priscilla was always assumed to have known the most about the man behind the music. I believe Prissila ruined Elviss life in marriage by sleeping with Elviss martial arts instructor and Ginger was much more appealing than her. The couple planned to walk down the aisle just a few months before Elvis death and Alden remembered how excited he was about their wedding and wanting to have more children. She eventually sought treatment and got sober in the early 1980s. This book presents that picture, one that every Elvis fan will want to see. As he received older, he seemed a lot heavier. In the years after Elvis' death, Ginger struggled with depression and alcoholism. She named him Odyssey for the theme music that performed earlier than Presleys live shows. She was the last serious love he would let into his heart, Alden wrote in her memoir, Elvis & Ginger: Elvis Presleys Fiancee and Last Love Lastly Tells Her Story. She was sweet, smart, loving and kind. When he didnt come back to bed after some time, she went into the bathroom and found him on the floor unresponsive. Elvis said: I would like certain people there, public officials and friends. Lord knows I would want to get rid of morning breath and look perfect, since he seemed to expect that from his women. Ginger would have gone through with it simply for the insane magic of the whole thing. She described the incredible moment and then what happened months later on the night he died. She woke again at 9 a.m. to see Elvis sitting on the side of the bed. In 1976, she left Presley as Elvis began dating Mindi Miller from 1975 to 1976 and then Ginger Alden, his last serious girlfriend and the person who found his unresponsive body on the day he died. Elvis was quickly rushed by ambulance to Baptist Memorial Hospital, where he was. Weeks later a deafening bang awoke Ginger one morning at Graceland. Alden moved on with her life after Presley died, but it seems like he will always be a cherished part of it. He told Mindi Miller to never come to breakfast without being dressed and with a full face of makeup. She was close to her family and didnt want to leave them. And Ginger did keep the ring, sources confirm, because in 2009, she planned to auction it off to the highest bidder. She finally summoned up the nerve to confront him about those medications. Be fair. Donna. Well, I was just a baby girl back then, and I don't know these people. She met her future fiance when she was just 5 years old, according to Elvis Australia, shortly after the singer returned from serving in the U.S. Army in Germany. And as I said I dont know anything about these people and not even Elvis. The book Elvis Presley took along with him to the bathroom on the last morning of his life was Frank Adams' "A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus,"which had been published five years prior. The first one he requested was brought up to his bedroom by Ricky Stanley at about 6:45. But Ginger Alden was Presley's fiance at the time of his untimely death in 1977, when he was just 42 years old. Ostensibly, the book earned her some amount of cash, because everyone knows there are still plenty of Elvis-obsesses fans out there today. Presleys dad, Vernon, allegedly didnt need her round anymore. None of them provide any credible evidence to support their negative opinions about the relationship between Elvis and Ginger. Aside from the National Enquirers claims, Alden has posted about her ex quite a few times on Facebook over the years. "How can you leave Ginger Alden out of the 1976 Christmas blog? And if you are talking about Elvis's death, what about the bombshell of the 3rd pack of sleeping pills that Elvis asked for and got from his Aunt Delta that night / morning? After all, he and Ginger were engaged to be married or were they really? Ginger said: "(We were) sitting in his daughter Lisa Marie's bedroom in the early hours of August 16th when Elvis began discussing wedding plans and setting a date with me.". He got so enraged when Alden mentioned it to him that he threw a dish of ice cream. Ginger was young and pretty. Though his habits could possibly be erratic and typically even form of imply, she has all the time recalled him with kindness and affection. After separating from Priscilla in February 1972, Elvis had dated Linda for over four years, followed briefly by Mindi Miller. I never once saw him eating fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches.. While the country was enthralled by the marriage, the couple's relationship was anything but blissful. After finishing in her bathroom at close to 2:20 p.m., she went looking for Elvis. Im gonna have someone work on it in Los Angeles.. Put yourself there in her shoes for a second. basis. I believe her. But, according to the Daily Mail, theres plenty of negative content as well. Ginger probably added to Elviss downfall. Writing in her memoirs, Ginger, 60, recalls: "Just after 2pm, I awoke . Something to help me sleep, he told her. Whatever the case, I could only hope the medical professionals overseeing his care knew what they were doing.. It was a mixture of vitamins, medication, sinus pills, and aspirin, he said. He started again asking for more medication to help him get back to sleep whenever he woke up. Ginger took his mind off of things. I knew I couldnt change things in one day, but I was determined to keep trying. Apparently, though, she never felt empowered enough to turn her concern into some sort of action designed to reduce his dependence on drugs. After Thompson, Elvis briefly dated Mindi Miller before becoming involved with Alden who was 20 years his junior. She was always disappointing him. Presley gave her an engagement ring on January 26, 1977. It was truly unfair what they said about her without knowing about their secret moments. Did the betrayal by his friends actually lead to him overdosing on sleeping medication that night? Ginger Alden was just 20 when she first started dating the King of Rock 'n' Roll, but their relationship was turbulent at times, and his inner circle, the so-called 'Memphis Mafia', didn . Alden contended that he was busy making plans for the future, like their nuptials, having kids, doing more movies, and going on concert tours. Design Charlie Hodge was still there, but Elvis was losing patience with his old friend. We seemed into the newest on what Ginger Alden is doing now, and right heres what we discovered. At the end of January, something like nine weeks after they met, Elvis gave her an eleven-and-a-half-karat diamond ring. I put it up -- after he died, my cousin Patsy called me asked me if I knew where it was. David Stanley or his brothers probably didnt think of that because they didnt have to deal with that side of him. Long trusted friends Marty Lacker and Joe Esposito then lived in California and were seldom around, and Ginger couldnt figure out what Lamar Fike did for Elvis. She then slept until about 2 p.m., when she awoke and found Elviss body soon afterwards. ", Elvis Paradise Hawaiian Style co-star 'It was madness when we kissed but we just couldn't stop', Elvis first love June BEFORE he was famous: 'He wanted to marry me, The Colonel stopped us', Elvis: Lisa Marie's distress about the "damned" graveyard in Graceland's garden, Michael Jackson: Lisa Marie's heartbreaking discovery after he died, Elvis girlfriend Linda on what The King thought of Elvis impersonators, Elvis Presley: The girl who took Elvis to court, Elvis: Co-star who gave 'innocent' Elvis his first kiss quit Hollywood, Elvis and June Carter: Her son suspected they had an affair. Presley had maintained a Christian faith throughout his life, apparently being twice baptized while alive (and once posthumously) according to USA Today. I recommend Gingers book to those wanting to follow her complete chronological account of Elviss life between November 1976 and August 1977. "Elvis brought his hand out from around his back. Alden grew concerned when she. On January 26, 1977, Elvis Presley proposed to Ginger Alden in the bathroom of his Graceland Mansion. She burned his occult books in a bonfire. Ginger wrote that she was willing to wait to marry until the time felt right to Elvis, and intended to leave it all up to him., But the guys didnt believe for a minute that the engagement was legit. She would remain asleep until the early afternoon, when she found her partner cold on the bathroom floor. When Elvis revealed that he owned a Ferrari, she asked if they could go for a ride in it. Alden found him dead in a bathroom at Graceland. She had never bonded with them like previous girlfriend Linda Thompson. Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. Once one assigns credibility to Ginger Aldens account of her relationship with Elvis Presley in her 2014 book, Elvis and Ginger, her story qualifies as the best existing narrative of the final nine months of Presleys life. It made me consider that the months leading up to the end of Elviss life might not have been as unhappy as I had always thought. His bizarre behavior is there, as it should be, but its tempered by the affection that Elvis and Ginger obviously felt for each other. On the day of Presley's death, the mayor of Memphis ordered flags in the city to be flown at half staff, and by the next day, the news was making headlines all around the world. sets and once over her head. Grob: "Well, I didn't say that, but if that's what you think happened". Nonetheless, there was an plain attraction between them. Elvis may have been trying to bring Ginger under his spell with an endless stream of expensive gifts. Elvis Aron Presley went to his grave at age 42 without ever laying all his cards on the table. I bolted upright and saw Elvis standing at the foot of the bed, holding a 57 Magnum pistol in his hand. When it came to mealtimes, Elvis and I enjoyed eating similar things such as hamburgers, steak, and omelets but I continued to notice certain foods were being brought to Elvis in larger than normal portions. Alden kept her responses to him brief and straightforward: Elvis was a very nice man I met long ago. Alden summoned Joseph Esposito, who was a friend of Presley's from his days in the United States Army, and who had come to serve Presley as both a personal and professional manager, according to theNew York Times. Her book supports her account of those nine months with dates, details, and controlled emotion. The King started seeing Ginger in 1976 and soon after asked. He gave it to me to put up for him and told me to read it. Soon enough much of the world moved on to other things, but many diehard fans would mourn their lost hero for years to come. There has been widespread speculation as to why the couple eventually split but . By way of explanation, Elvis said he had asked for yogurt again and I hadnt responded. Like Thompson before her, she gave up everything to become a 24-hour nurse, hand-holder, even lullaby-singer, to a reclusive, drug-dependent and deeply insecure man. I knew the news of our engagement must have circulated throughout the entire group by now, but I suddenly realized that I had no memory of ever being congratulated by Shirley, Joe, Dr. Nichopoulos, Lamar, or a few others who regularly surrounded Elvis. He was ready to go back on stage, something he loved with all of his being. According to a story in Express, Presleys household soured on Alden after he died. Carter recalled trying "to ease Presley out of his paranoid delusions [and] calming his fears that he was being 'shadowed' by sinister forces and that his friend was being framed.". We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. The screenplay was written by playwright Clifford Odets. NEXT: An Inside Look At The Career of Elvis Granddaughter: Riley Keough. Statuesque beauty Ginger was the one who found Elvis dead on the floor of his bathroom in Graceland in August 1977 at the age of 42. Billy explained the conspiracy theory he and Elvis employee Al Strada concocted as follows: It seems that when Ginger called downstairs, she might have known Elvis was already dead. Far from the limelight of the stage, the screen, or the recording studio, the singer died in one of the many bathrooms of his mansion, a 17,500 square feet residence he had named Graceland. Alden out of the bed, holding a 57 Magnum pistol in his.... 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