“But I read he did not like to be called the king.”
He didn’t. Whenever someone called him the king of rock and roll to his face, he’d correct the person, telling him the only king is Jesus.
I believe this audio is from 1974:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wZQQt1ZTf4Y
What’s missing here is the sixth sense that comes the moment a family member dies. My brother was in the islands when he woke up thinking our father had died. It was our grandfather.