title: Elvis Decoded: A Fan's Guide To Deciphering The Myths And Misinformation
author:  Patrick Lacy 
description: Patrick Lacy is more than an Elvis fan. He has spent nearly 10 years researching, writing and talking to some of the most credible -- and incredible -- sources in the strange, claim-filled world surrounding the myths and legend of Elvis. His travels have taken him from Washington to Memphis, from Lauderdale Courts to Graceland, and from Tupelo to Las Vegas. Patrick has consulted for VH-1 and The Family Channel on two Elvis-related programs ("Rock and Roll Record Breakers" and "The Presleys"), and currently volunteers as an Elvis expert at AllExperts.com.
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  # **PUBLISHER’S NOTE**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **The original publication date of this book was August 1, 1977 fifteen days
  prior to the unfortunate and untimely death of Elvis Presley. ELVIS: WHAT
  HAPPENED? is based on reminiscences of three longtime friends and bodyguards
  of Presley as told to journalist Steve Dunleavy.**
  
  
  
  
  
  **This book was to be, in their minds, a desperate effort to communicate to
  Elvis one last time: “He will read and he will get hopping mad at us because
  he will know that every word is the truth,” said Sonny West… “but maybe, just
  maybe, it will do some good.”**
  
  
  
  
  
  **It is too late for Elvis, but perhaps not too late for those who believe
  that every life contains a painful but instructive truth worthy of recording
  and understanding.**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 1977 by World News Corporation
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
  Conventions. Published in the United States by Ballantine Boo