Image via WikipediaI like human interest stories. This is an unusual revelation after forty years of the real cause of Elvis Presley's death in 1977. The King of Rock and Roll reportedly died of chronic constipation on his toilet at home in Graceland. It has been claimed for decades that heart failure was the cause of his death. That is true of course, because death comes when the heart stops beating.
Most of us who can remember the iconic Elvis singing and entertaining, can remember just how obese and ill-looking he became in the latter days. A far cry from the fit and healthy man of his younger years.
New revelations claim he refused the surgery which would have relieved him of his chronic constipation. Health professionals obviously didn't realise just how ill Elvis was. His constipation was so bad that a stool had been in his colon for four to five months due to the lack of bowel mobility. Surely this would have led to an infection in his bowels?
He would reportedly get embarrassed when having an accident on stage, and have to go off and change his clothes. It was caused by the method he was being treated for his constipation. Elvis reportedly suffered from an hereditary condition called "bowel paralysis" - a colostomy was vital because his colon was 4-5 inches in diameter instead of 2-3 inches - double the normal size.
Elvis was found dead sitting on his toilet. What a hell of a way for the King of Rock and Roll, and arguably one of the three greatest entertainers in history, to meet his demise. I was of that generation who regarded Elvis with awe and lamented his passing.
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