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Questions over cause of death gives the balanced views of various experts. Please note that although Nichopoulos, Presley's main physician, was at the time "exonerated of criminal liability for the singer's death, ... His license was suspended for three months. It was permanently revoked in the 1990s after the Tennessee Medical Board brought new charges of over-prescription." Consensus among regular editors who judge it important to preserve a reliable, mainstream view in this encyclopedia article is that the discredited doctor's opinions, such as those published in his 2010 book, and including his attempt to emphasize constipation as the likely cause of death, should not be propagated by Wikipedia, and hence receive no coverage in this article.

Semi-protected edit request on 25 December, 2020 Elvis never converted to Islam

"During the last years of his life he accepted the Islamic faith and died a Muslim." from the first paragraph.

This is not true and the result of a common joke that goes like this: "Elvis Presley considered converting to Islam before he died. He even settled on a Muslim name: Ahmal Shooq-Up." (https://www.reddit.com/r/puns/comments/4jrbzi/elvis_presley_considered_converting_to_islam/) This is a pun on "I'm all shook up". There is no valid source for this claim of his faith.

Why is “Death” not a separate section, like it is standard for most articles?

- 2806:102E:12:5982:FDA9:D78C:356B:33CA (talk) 14:47, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I've split it off into a separate subsection. This does seem to make it clearer to follow.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:31, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1938

Section #1.1.1 Childhood in Tupelo includes "In 1938, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of altering a check written by his landowner and sometime-employer. He was jailed for eight months, while Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives". Apart from Vernon's brother-in-law and a friend also being involved and their being sentenced to 3 years, though Vernon was released after just over 8 months, the following from Dundy p.84 suggests Gladys decided to leave the house rather than their home having been lost:

"Gladys, as the long months passed, had grown more and more uncomfortable living next door to her father-in-law. ... Gladys did what family custom dictates ... . Lillian came to town and helped Gladys pack ..."^[1]. Mcljlm (talk) 01:32, 7 July 2022 (UTC) Mcljlm (talk) 01:32, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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^ https://books.google.co.il/books?id=IYbOeqSWVhUC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=%22Gladys,+as+the+long+months+passed%22&source=bl&ots=7sqQV_xIwx&sig=ACfU3U11XBlS6FRfyjK-14dVuB14SDYD-g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEzdG17ef4AhWL5RoKHZ5dAz8Q6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Gladys%2C%20as%20the%20long%20months%20passed%22&f=false

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Please correct Elvis' middle name. It was ARON with one A not AARON. 134.56.177.249 (talk) 12:26, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 "Gladys, as the long months passed, had grown more and more uncomfortable living next door to her father-in-law. ... Gladys did what family custom dictates ... . Lillian came to town and helped Gladys pack ..."<ref>https://books.google.co.il/books?id=IYbOeqSWVhUC&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=%22Gladys,+as+the+long+months+passed%22&source=bl&ots=7sqQV_xIwx&sig=ACfU3U11XBlS6FRfyjK-14dVuB14SDYD-g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEzdG17ef4AhWL5RoKHZ5dAz8Q6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Gladys%2C%20as%20the%20long%20months%20passed%22&f=false</ref>. [[User:Mcljlm|Mcljlm]] ([[User talk:Mcljlm|talk]]) 01:32, 7 July 2022 (UTC) [[User:Mcljlm|Mcljlm]] ([[User talk:Mcljlm|talk]]) 01:32, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
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+Please correct Elvis' middle name. It was ARON with one A not AARON. [[Special:Contributions/134.56.177.249|134.56.177.249]] ([[User talk:134.56.177.249|talk]]) 12:26, 11 July 2022 (UTC)