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THE MYSTERY INSIDE ELVIS PRESLEY\u2019S COFFIN \u2013 THE DOOR THAT NEVER CLOSED<\/p>\n
More than four decades have passed since that fateful August afternoon in 1977, yet Elvis Presley\u2019s coffin at\u00a0\u00a0Graceland<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has never truly rested in peace. It is not merely the resting place of a man\u2014it is the epicenter of thousands of unanswered questions, for the very moment that lid was sealed, Elvis ceased to be just an artist. He became a legend.<\/p>\n Fans vividly recall the day of August 16, 1977. Inside Graceland, Elvis\u2014exhausted from the abuse of sleeping pills, the pressures of fame, and deep loneliness\u2014collapsed in his bathroom. At the age of 42, his heart stopped, leaving all of America stunned.<\/p>\n In his crushing grief, Vernon Presley, the heartbroken father, made the hardest decision: to open the\u00a0\u00a0casket<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for public viewing. More than 30,000 people lined up through Graceland just to see \u201cThe King\u201d one last time. But that moment of farewell opened a new myth. Many swore the body looked unnatural\u2014the skin too smooth, the hair too perfect, and even an unusually cool temperature emanating from inside the coffin. Furthermore, the clandestine photograph taken by his cousin, Billy Mann, and sold to a tabloid for $18,000, explained nothing, only adding to the mystery.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n