"On 27th July 1975 Elvis set a record for himself as well as for Madison Cadillac, where he had been buying Cadillacs for twenty years. He spent $140,000 buying fourteen Cadillacs for friends, family and a stranger. Mrs Mennie L. Person a bank teller of 1868 Meadowhill was "just looking," admiring Elvis's custom made limousine when Elvis appeared and asked her if she liked it. He said "That one's mine but I'll buy you one." He escorted her to the showroom and said "Pick one out". She chose a gold and white 1975 $11,500 Eldorado."
He was hurting when he died. He wasn't happy with his life and he was becoming irrelevant career wise because of the changing world of rock music and heavy metal. If he hadn't died, I think he would have found a new niche and found a rebirth if he could have broken free of his dependencies and depression.
Elvis had way too many enablers. He was on a down path from the git go.
“On 27th July 1975 Elvis set a record for himself as well as for Madison Cadillac, where he had been buying Cadillacs for twenty years. He spent $140,000 buying fourteen Cadillacs for friends, family and a stranger. Mrs Mennie L. Person a bank teller of 1868 Meadowhill was “just looking,” admiring Elvis’s custom made limousine when Elvis appeared and asked her if she liked it. He said “That one’s mine but I’ll buy you one.” He escorted her to the showroom and said “Pick one out”. She chose a gold and white 1975 $11,500 Eldorado.”
Elvis was born with a very generous heart. I read somewhere that even as a poor kid during the years of the great depression, what few toys he had, he would give away to other kids.