Priscilla Presley Honors Elvis on forty seventh Anniversary of His Demise

Priscilla Presley is honoring her late husband Elvis on the newest anniversary of his loss of life.

On Friday, Aug. 16, the actress paid tribute to Elvis on Instagram with a touching video to mark the event — now 47 years after the King died of a coronary heart assault at age 42 on Aug. 16, 1977.

“47 years and never a day goes by that I don’t consider you,” Priscilla, 79, captioned the clip alongside a rose emoji.

The video itself featured a snap of a younger Elvis, progressively zooming out and soundtracked by an instrumental model of “At all times on My Thoughts,” a ballad the musician famously lined in 1972. On the finish of the clip, a black display featured the textual content: “Elvis Aaron Presley, January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977.”

The brief tribute from Priscilla comes simply three days after she additionally honored Elvis’ mom Gladys, who died on Aug. 14, 1958. “She meant the world to him,” Priscilla wrote alongside one other video.

“He shared so many tales about how protecting she was… one being, she would stroll with him to high school in worry he would get beat up by the faculties dangerous boys. He would ask her to cease earlier than they had been close to the college. I by no means met Gladys however I felt I knew her via all his tales. -P🌹 🙏.”

Priscilla’s “not a day goes by” message comes months after she shared the identical sentiment in an interview with The Occasions UK. Again in December, she spoke about spending time at Graceland and the way she “can nonetheless really feel Elvis’ spirit there.”

“To be trustworthy, there isn’t a day [that] goes by once I don’t consider him,” Priscilla stated. “Simply final week I noticed a shirt and I might virtually hear myself saying, ‘Elvis would love that. Ought to I get it for him?'”

Earlier than questioning if her late husband would have switched genres and “moved extra in direction of gospel music” later in his profession, she additionally contemplated what he would have carried out in life had he not died at a younger age.

“Musically, I believe he was fairly proud of how issues had turned out. He beloved realizing that his music meant one thing to individuals,” she stated. “I bear in mind sitting with him at Graceland listening to a few of the songs he was recording, and I requested him why he sang so many ballads. He answered me immediately, ‘As a result of these songs contact the guts. Life’s reality is in these songs.’ He was proper.”

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After celebrating her personal 79th birthday again in Might, Priscilla has continued to deal with followers of her and Elvis with enjoyable behind-the-scenes tales on Instagram. In a current clip, uploaded on July 19, she answered a fan who requested if she and the rock icon “ever cooked collectively.”

“Elvis and I by no means cooked collectively, Elvis by no means cooked,” she revealed. “I attempted one time to make a meal for Elvis and the fellows and it was pasta. I took the menu from my mom and I assumed I did an excellent job.”

“However I clearly made some errors,” she laughed. “I left just a few of the elements from the dish. And Elvis took one chew. He tried very a lot to love it, belief me… I by no means cooked once more.”