elvis presley is he still alive?

Question

is elvis dead or alive

Answer 1

Elvis sightings

The Weekly World News frequently claims "Elvis Is Alive!"Elvis sightings are a recurring phenomenon in which people claim to see American singer and rock star Elvis Presley, who died in August 1977.

Background
Presley was born in January 1935, so his projected age would not preclude the possibility that Elvis is still alive (as of 2006, he would be 71 years old). Critics of this would state that a number of Elvis impersonators can easily be mistaken for Elvis and that Elvis' fans merely don't want to believe he is actually dead.

Most people who believe Elvis is still alive believe that Elvis is spending the remainder of his life in solitude somewhere in the United States and to back this up they have suggested that Elvis' middle name is spelled incorrectly on his death certificate [1]. Others believe in extraterrestrial involvement, although these conspiracy theories may simply be an exercise in self-parody.

Former bass back-up singer J.D. Sumner was one of the pallbearers at Elvis' burial service in 1977. He claims that Elvis' body was in the casket.

One meta-theory holds that stories of Elvis sightings are circulated by the CIA to discredit in advance stories of secret government weapons and activities. "Yeah, you saw a black plane that left regular puffballs of smoke behind it, and, by the way, Elvis just bought a doughnut in Kenosha."


Media Examples
There have been many documented sightings of Elvis over the years and this has been a great source of inspiration for the mass media to draw upon. It is mainly to do with the unique iconic status that Elvis holds in society and that people still fail to grow tired about media articles about his life and works.


Print
In 1987, Gail Brewer Giorgio wrote a book, Is Elvis Alive?, discussing the matter. She invited people to phone a premium-rate number to listen to her proof that he is. After one heard the proof, the caller would be instructed to make another premium-rate call to vote on if they believed Elvis was alive.

In comic Bloom County, Elvis is discovered as a road worker after faking his death. He is old and obese, but when he kisses an elderly woman, he demonstrates the power of a fountain of youth, magically making her young again. Leaning against a steamroller, he tells his co-worker Dewey to pass him a doughnut, who responds with, "Ain't my job."


Television
Various television shows have also had a field day poking fun at the urban legend, some examples of this are listed below:

In an episode of the sitcom ALF, Alf believed that his neighbor was actually Elvis after he took a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
The TV show Eerie Indiana featured Elvis in the show's introduction, suggesting that he was alive and well living in 'Eerie'.
The BBC television show called Give My Head Peace had a Christmas special entitled "The King and I" [2]. This featured a plot line of Elvis saving one of the characters (Andy) from a very dangerous situation. After telling his friends the story, everyone is convinced that he is suffering from mental illness and in a bid to save him from the psychiatric ward, Mervyn (Andy's friend) takes him to Graceland to show him Elvis' grave and shock him back to reality. The plan backfires and Andy insists on digging up Elvis' coffin to check inside. After being chased back to Belfast, Mervyn is shocked into believing Andy in a comedy ending when Elvis himself (played by impersonator Martin Fox [3]) pops around to check if Andy is OK.
In an early episode of In Living Color, they poked fun at Elvis sightings making a short spoof documentary similar to ones showing expeditions to find Bigfoot.
In 1991 and 1992, actor/director Bill Bixby (who starred in two movies with Presley and was also one of Elvis' close friends) hosted a program live from Las Vegas titled The Elvis Files. People called in to ask questions to an "expert panel" on why they thought Elvis was alive. Radio shock jock Howard Stern even called in to make fun of the program. At the end of the show, the final results of the call-in poll stated people believed Elvis was alive.
On an episode of The New WKRP in Cincinnati, someone called Les Nesman claiming to be Elvis, which later turned out to be a joke by a rival station.
On an episode of The Fairly Odd Parents, Chester and his dad stumble upon a "underground sandhouse" where Elvis is living. In another episode, Cosmo, a dimwitted fairy, is looking for something and says "All I found was this cup (holding up the Holy Grail) and this guy (showing Timmy Elvis)!" Later in that episode, Elvis reappears talking about his "underground beach kingdom".
An episode of science fiction television series Sliders features the character Rembrandt Brown, a soul music singer, meeting a successful alternate version of himself who fakes his own death to escape the pressure of celebrity life, in reference to the alleged rumours concerning Elvis' death.
In an episode of Married... with Children, Peg runs into a man who she believes is Elvis. Then , more "proof" pops up when one of Al's shirts has a sweat stain that shows the profile of the King.
In the opening credits of The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror IV," a tombstone can be seen reading "Elvis: deal with it!"
In an Animaniacs episode, when the Warners say goodnight to each other, Yakko says, "Good night, Elvis!" then an Elvis voice says, "Thank you very much, but I don't want anybody to know I'm in here."
In Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, whenever Chazz summons Ojama King, he often makes numerous Elvis references.
In the Jackie Chan Adventures "Clash of the Titanics", after Drago steals the chi of Thunder Demon Tchang Zu, he says in an Elvis voice, "Tchang Zu very much!"

Film
The idea of Elvis' non-death was taken to its zaniest conclusion in the 2002 movie Bubba Ho-tep in which Bruce Campbell plays a man in a nursing home who claims to be the real Elvis, and to have switched places with an Elvis impersonator named Sebastian Haff in the early 1970s. The movie plot indicates it was Heff, not the real Elvis, who died at Graceland in August of 1977.

In 2003, a mystery novel written by Steve Brewe was published, involving a mysterious celebrity by the name of Mr. Aaron who, as the plot thickens, happens to be the real Elvis Presley. He, in turn, is not just alive and well, but in the process of returning to normal life after faking his own death in 1977. In mid-2006, the novel was turned into a motion picture, and shall star Robert Patrick as the mysterious celebrity.

In the 1991 film Hot Shots! A pilot blames a near accident on a sighting of Elvis, a superior simply replies "Face it, the king is dead."

In the 2000 film Red Planet, Val Kilmer's character jokingly states "I saw Elvis" after jettisoning himself into space from the surface of Mars.

In another theory mentioned by the movie Men in Black, it is mentioned that "The King's not dead, he just went home" (implying that Elvis was an alien who returned to his native planet).

In the opening credits of "The Simpsons" episode "the telltale head" it can be read on Bart's blackboard : "I did not see Elvis".

In 2007, a feature documentary entitled The Truth About Elvis is scheduled for release, in which Dr. Nick, Joe Esposito, Linda Thompson, George Klein, Bill Beeny, Phil Aitcheson, Monte Nicholson and others talk about this urban legend.


Video Games
In Grand Theft Auto 2 players can gain a bonus by running over 7 elvis' in a row to the sound of 'Elvis has left the building'

As an in-joke, Grand Theft Auto 3 featured scattered newspaper front-covers which read "Zombie Elvis Found"

In Earthworm Jim 3D, in the level "Are You Hungry Tonite?", Jim must rescue "The King" who is basically Elvis, and gets turned into a burger.

Answer 2

Elvis Presley, born on January 8, 1935, passed away on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42.

Answer 3

Elvis=dead
Jesus=dead
Kennedy=dead
Marilyn=dead
Get the message DEAD!

Answer 4

Elvis is dead and worm food. Let the man rest in peace, just like Kurt Cobain and Tupac.

Answer 5

He died in August of 1977 at the age of 42

Answer 6

I see E all the time. He works the truck stop circuit between Vegas and LA. Now that the weather has cooled off some, I expect he'll be heading back toward Vegas.

Answer 7

Elvis died in 1977

Answer 8

He is dead of course. Find the info from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis

Answer 9

I have a Weimaraner called Elvis...

Answer 10

elvis presley is dead...
elvis costello is alive (at least last time i checked)...

but the king died on the "throne"... of a drug overdose... quite fitting place for him to die...

Answer 11

Alive - I saw him hanging out with Tupac about a month ago at costco in the music section . . ..