Hall of Fame, in the "sidemen" category. English musician Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis) took his stage name from the drummer. Fontana was played by Ed Begley, Jr. in the 1979 motion picture Elvis, and by Eric William Pierson in the 2005 CBS miniseries Elvis. Death Fontana died in his sleep on June 13, 2018, in Nashville at the age of 87. At the time of his death, he was suffering from complications of a broken hip. Recordings References External links ElvisInfoNetwork Interview with DJ Fontana 2010 D. J. Fontana TCB website Interview with D. J. Fontana D. J. Fontana Phonecasting Channel Rockabilly Hall of Fame Drummerworld.com DJ Fontana Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2001) 1931 births 2018 deaths American male drummers Musicians from Shreveport, Louisiana American rock drummers 20th-century American drummers American memoirists 20th-century American male musicians Elvis Presley