Death

On 16 August, 1977, Elvis, 42, was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor of his Graceland mansion.

An autopsy later revealed he had suffered a heart attack.

Elvis’ then-girlfriend Ginger Alden - who was 21 years old at the time - found his body, and later wrote in her memoir: “His arms lay on the ground, close to his sides, palms facing upward. It was clear that, from the moment he landed on the floor, Elvis hadn't moved. I gently turned his face toward me. A hint of air expelled from his nose. The tip of his tongue was clenched between his teeth and his face was blotchy. I gently raised one eyelid. His eye was staring straight ahead and blood red.”