# Is Elvis Really dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 5, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461 "2002-08-05T19:04:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/21 "2002-08-07T16:14:32Z")
Why not? Elvis already has more attested [miracle cures](http://members.optushome.com.au/stylofone/poecmc/wwn.htm) than a large fraction of Catholic saints. His being a Baptist shouldn’t be a hindrance - they sainted Buddha (Jehosaphat), didn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/22 "2002-08-07T16:33:43Z")
“… and there is no commandment greater than this: you can do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.” ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/23 "2002-08-07T22:54:14Z")
Maybe drawing up the charter & commandments for The Elvis Presley Secular Temple of Worship would be a fun thread, but in another forum. Anybody wants to start it? It’s 1 a.m. here and time for me to catch some sleep… ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/24 "2002-08-08T13:49:21Z")
Elvis is dead. Get a life. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/25 "2002-08-09T11:13:40Z")
This is sort of a one-sided debate isn’t it? Someone go over to [elvissightings.com](http://elvissightings.com) or someplace and round up the true believers! ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/26 "2002-08-09T12:37:24Z")
Elvis is dead. I shot him. In Reno. Just to watch him die. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/27 "2002-08-10T00:26:16Z")
Elvis can’t die; only the actors who play him! But seriously, I too saw the article in the weekly world news that claimed the King was still alive. Now, this tabloid also reported that Abe Lincoln was a women, and that a Turkish farmer and several of his cows were eaten by a giant purple flower from space, so I cannot attest to their level of journalistic integrity. To the matter at hand, Elvis Presley, one of the biggest stars in American history, is dead. However, he has been ressurrected into the body of 25 year old Nahim Oldampetalombak, The rising singing sensation of Burma. Soon he will release his breakout album in the US, gain a tour, and regain his title as THE KING. Except he will probably choose somewhere nicer to live than Graceland. (This is my first post in about 3 months, and I’m a bit out of practice. Plus, it’s 2:19 AM, and I am a bit sleepy. Anyway, I’m BaaaAaaaack! Didja miss me?) * * * Germans are odd ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/28 "2002-08-10T00:34:32Z")
Elvis can’t die; only the actors who play him! But seriously, I too saw the article in the weekly world news that claimed the King was still alive. Now, this tabloid also reported that Abe Lincoln was a women, and that a Turkish farmer and several of his cows were eaten by a giant purple flower from space, so I cannot attest to their level of journalistic integrity. To the matter at hand, Elvis Presley, one of the biggest stars in American history, is dead. However, he has been ressurrected into the body of 25 year old Nahim Oldampetalombak, The rising singing sensation of Burma. Soon he will release his breakout album in the US, gain a tour, and regain his title as THE KING. Except he will probably choose somewhere nicer to live than Graceland. (This is my first post in about 3 months, and I’m a bit out of practice. Plus, it’s 2:19 AM, and I am a bit sleepy. Anyway, I’m BaaaAaaaack! Didja miss me?) * * * Germans are odd ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/29 "2002-08-10T03:18:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by martinez \* > \*\*Turkish farmer and several of his cows were eaten by a giant purple flower \*\* You can’t prove I was in Turkey…but I digress. [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/elvis.25yrs/](http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/elvis.25yrs/) CNN says he copped it. Aaron Brown does **not** lie. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/30 "2002-08-10T04:25:46Z")
I saw Elvis at Kosta’s Gyros last Saturday. Ordered a big bag of food to go. Except now he’s 6’ 6" and skinny. Can you believe it? I went to serve for jury duty at 25th and California a few years back (Chicago Cook County Criminal Court) and one of my fellow prospective jurors showed up in full Elvis-impersonator regalia, including jump suit, the sunglasses, the whole nine yards. He was questioned by the judge, but the defense lawyer objected to having him on the jury. What a novel way to evade jury duty. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/31 "2002-08-10T05:21:45Z")
Hi **Hi** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/32 "2002-08-11T07:38:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lorenzo \* > \*\*What a novel way to evade jury duty. \*\* It works if you show up in your [Starfleet uniform](http://www.cnn.com/US/fringe/9603/03-14/trek.html), too. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/33 "2002-08-11T16:57:04Z")
Sometimes I wish I lived in Paraguay… BTW, it didn’t work, she was on the jury. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461/34 "2002-08-12T01:18:25Z")
But she got kicked off for talking to the press (about the uniform, not the case). Of course, i still heard about it from the other kids in high school… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elvis-really-dead/122461.md?page=1)