what were you doing when you heard Elvis had died?

Question

I really can't remember but I do know what when JFK was shot

Answer 1

WHAT!!! Elvis is dead oh my god what am i gonna do

Answer 2

This is a good question.

I was 12 years old. I had been out playing soccer with my friends and came into the house to cool off (those were the days of air conditioner units in the windows). I saw my mom sitting and crying, talking on the phone. Actually, it was wailing,and the first thing I thought of was that something had happened to my dad.

She finally told me, between gulping sobs, that Elvis had died and she and her sister were talking long-distance on the phone for TWO HOURS, crying together.

I was surprised to hear it, but to me, Elvis was a fat guy who wore white suits and threw sweaty rags at people in the audience. I was too young to remember a young Elvis. Therefore, his death didn't affect me much.

My mom, who died a few years ago, collected a bunch of Elvis trading cards that year that Elvis died. They came with bubble gum. I found them a couple of months ago, still pristine, in one of her old jewelry boxes. I could sell them on ebay, but somehow that seems wrong, considering how much she loved Elvis.

As a 44-year-old now, I can appreciate how beautiful he was in his youth. But at the time, he was just a fat old man to me, I'm sorry to say.

Answer 3

I was sitting in my living room in Ft. Riley, KS watching TV when it came on about Elvis. I was pregnant with my 3rd baby. When JFK was assassinated I was in my 8th grade science class when it was announced over the intercom. My teacher walked out of the room crying. All the school classes ended for the day.

Answer 4

I was at the kitchen table eating a snack while my mother was doing dishes. We heard the announcement on the radio. Even though I was very young, I knew who Elvis was, since my mom let me watch his movies and I loved some of his songs.

Answer 5

I was watching TV in NJ. Late afternoon. was raining very hard that night summer but cool like 70
He was going to perform at the Nassau Colesium that day or the next.
Was on TV news ... No internet back then.


Just a shock to me.

Answer 6

I was 3 years old. I just remember I was sat playing with my dolls in the living room and my Mum was really upset.

Answer 7

camping with my Brother outside Rye in Sussex, I was 11. a friend rode up frome camber on a bike to tell.

We didn't believe him til we walked into Rye and saw the papers.

i grew up listening to his stuff and still listen today. in '96 me and the waife visited graceland while we were in Tennessee.

Only one other person has affected the world like Elvis: Jesus

Answer 8

Walking up Buckingham Palace Road, mate told me

Answer 9

Watchin telly and it came on as a news flash. My ex went down the bottom of the garden and cried

Answer 10

I was 8 and my parents called me in to their room as it was on the radio. I remember crying.

Answer 11

I was 3 years old at the time. My Mum told me she cried for a week!!