Elvis Presley, who would have turned 89 this week, was on a cocktail of drugs and had been prescribed almost 9,000 pills, vials and injections in the seven months before his death
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Elvis Presley died at home on this day in 1977. His final day and night at Graceland were filled with his friends, girlfriend and daughter Lisa Marie yet The King was completely alone for the last four hours.
For this month s Memphis Memories quiz, we dip into the archives of Old Reliable, more formally known as The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper that in one form or another enlightened, challenged, frustrated and delighted readers for more than 180 years.
The format is different, and, I think, fun: Each question contains a passage pulled from a story in the newspaper. So this quiz celebrates not just Memphis history but Memphis writers and words.
This is the sixth of a series of seven monthly quizzes that concludes in August with an all-Elvis edition. As with its predecessors, the quiz consists of 21 questions (because the year is 2021, see?); and, as before, the purpose is as much to entertain as to inform.