Elvis Presley deliberately overdosed on pills, the rock and roll legend’s step-brother claims in a new tell-all book.
The upcoming book, ‘My Brother Elvis,’ is written by David E. Stanley, whose mother married the King’s father in 1960.
Stanley moved into Graceland at the age of four and also worked for Presley, reported the New York Daily News.
Stanley writes that Presley gave him an ominous warning two days before his death on August 16, 1977: the next time they saw each other, Presley said he would be ‘on a higher plane’.
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Elvis Presley deliberately overdosed on pills, the rock and roll legend’s step-brother David E. Stanley claims in a new tell-all book, ‘My Brother Elvis.’ The singer is pictured in 1973, four years before his death
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Presley and the author of the new book, David E. Stanley, are pictured together in this undated photograph
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The ‘Jailhouse Rock’ singer was so messed up in his final days that his friends and family had to help him use the toilet, writes Stanley, pictured left
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‘My Brother Elvis,’ David E. Stanley’s sixth book on Elvis, pictured left, will be in stores August 16, on the 39th anniversary of the King’s death. Elvis is pictured right in a promotional pic for the 1957 film ‘Jailhouse Rock’
When Presley was found dead at Graceland, his family found pills and syringes around the singer’s body, Stanley claims.
He writes that he shoved the drugs and paraphernalia in his pockets before police arrived.
Elvis, Stanley claims, had ‘done this on purpose’.
The ‘Jailhouse Rock’ singer was so messed up in his final days that his friends and family had to help him use the toilet, Stanley writes.
When Presley fell asleep at the dinner table, Stanley and others had to ‘reach inside his mouth and remove the food.’
Presley was 42 years old when he was found dead on the bathroom floor in his Memphis mansion, from a violent heart attack that some say was caused by a drug overdose.
Elvis’s father, Vernon Presley, married Stanley’s mother after he was widowed.
Stanley’s brother, Billy Stanley, has also written a tell-all book about Elvis, under almost the same title: ‘Elvis, My Brother.’
‘My Brother Elvis,’ David E. Stanley’s sixth book on Elvis, will be in stores August 16, on the 39th anniversary of the King’s death.
