Where were you 30 years ago today?

[DD]

When you heard the news about Elvis? I realize many of you will not be able to answer this question....youngsters.

 

[TooFarTampa]

I was 6 ... sitting in the front seat of my mom's Pinto. :shock: My mom heard it on the radio and it was the first time I heard about someone dying.

 

[DD]

I was 6 ... sitting in the front seat of my mom's Pinto. :shock: My mom heard it on the radio and it was the first time I heard about someone dying.

I had Sunkist on my lap in the car.. We were on our way to East Texas to see her great grandfather. I was stunned. Even though I was never a huge Elvis fan, I was sad.

 

[Jdarg]

Hmmm. I was 13. Dad's secretary was a HUGE Elvis fan- she had seen him numerous times and her work space in the reception area of his insurance agency was decked out in Elvis stuff. I remember thinking she was bonkers. Turns out she was popping as many pills as Elvis was.

 

[DD]

Hmmm. I was 13. Dad's secretary was a HUGE Elvis fan- she had seen him numerous times and her work space in the reception area of his insurance agency was decked out in Elvis stuff. I remember thinking she was bonkers. Turns out she was popping as many pills as Elvis was.

A few years ago, I worked with an activity director that was the biggest Elvis fan. Even down to the HUGE tat on her upper arm. I suspect she's at Graceland this very moment...she goes every year.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I was in Memphis in front of Graceland, mourning with... Wait a minute. That wasn't me. I didn't even know of Elvis. I was in the second grade, and I recall Pam Lewis coming to school crying. No one knew why she was crying. She said that Elvis died, and the rest of the class was wondering who he was, and if he was her uncle or something.

I hear that Memphis will be hot as hell, today, making many Graceland visitors sick as they wait in line to see the King's pad. I finally made my visit to Graceland a few years ago, and it was everything I thought it was and more, except being in a very average American neighborhood, and I use that term loosely.

 

[Miss Kitty]

I was a newlywed and either on my way or just back from teacher meetings. I remember seeing it on the TV in our pad. Mr. K was in his last year of law school...last time I brought home ALL the bacon!

 

[Teresa]

I was 16 and driving down the road with my best girlfriend (we had seen elvis in concert just a year or so before). We heard the news on the radio and just started bawling. At that age it was very difficult to understand the reasons behind his death. My Dad was devastated - we had always enjoyed Elvis tunes together. We still do.

 

[NoHall]

I was on the playground at Lanier Elementary School. I remember thinking that it couldn't be right, because my exposure to him was from the "Hound Dog" era type stuff--that's what I had seen on t.v.

 

[Sheila]

At work. A girl in our office was a mega Elvis fan. She was so distraught she had to go home. Hard to believe it's been 30 years.