Reply With QuoteHi Martin,
You did a wonderful job! Its really scary to see Elvis lying on the bathroom floor, especially after reading the book ?Death Of Elvis? by Charles Thompson.
I want to clear up some mistakes about the information about the so-called payment for the graphic:
You dont have to pay for the graphic. It is published here on the forum, and you can mail me for an even better version. But if you wanted to download it from Ekstra Bladet last week on august 16, you had to pay for getting the whole newspaper in PDF-format. It would have cost you approximately 1 dollar. Now that is has been printed and published on the web, I have the copyrights for the graphic. And I am not demanding any money for it. I want to share it with you.You can publish it on any website, just remember to note my name as graphic artist. Best regards. Martin Kirchg?ssner
Hi Martin,
You did a wonderful job! Its really scary to see Elvis lying on the bathroom floor, especially after reading the book ?Death Of Elvis? by Charles Thompson.
I appreciate your fine work, and thanks for posting it.
Martin, thank you for explaining about the cost. I apologize for my abrupt earlier post. You did a great job!
Diane
Thank you Elvistcbkirch for the plan on the layout of the first floor in Graceland.
Diane
Originally Posted by Elvistcbkirch
Alright! Thanks for posting that I've wanted to see that for a long time and never had any luck getting my hands on it.
Is this more or less the exact place elvis was found???
I have a very old drawing from a 1977 magazine which is also highly detailed on how Elvis was found in his bathroom, only the position he was found in differs a lot with this one.
Martin, thank you so much for your wonderful work on this graphic, and for your generosity in sharing it with us!!
Dear Riley
I guess that the drawing you are talking about is this one:
Best regards
Martin
oh my...seeing it up close like this...how sad.....poor Elvis....
according to Joe Esposito he fell off the toilet onto the floor...where is the toilet in this pic? Or even in the larger pic that shows the whole floor? Man...seeing that one up close from Martin....so, so sad.....it's so real looking.
YES! I just graduated to "backstage pass" lookout folks - I'm moving up the ladder!
Dear everybody. The old drawing from 1977 is based on Jeanny Lemay's famous photo of Elvis's bathroom, and at that time, it was probably the only material to draw from. But there are severeal critical errors in the visualization.
1. Ginger did not enter the bathroom, in the way she does in the old drawing. There was no door or entry there. Confused? Look at my graphic, and see what is correct.
2. Elvis had not taken of his pyjamas, when he died.
3. The bathroom is very narrow, as you can see in my graphic. In the old drawing is much too wide.
The toilet: You can see, where it is situated in my grahic: Just left to the entry from the bedroom.
Best regards
Martin
Martin, that does make sense....poor man....so sad...
Martin, wish there was a way to view it closer on your graphic.....that particular section.
Ksimms: Look in the forum earlier this week. There is a larger version where it is clear, where the toilet is.
Martin
If I am seeing this correctly it appears he is nearer the chairs than the toilet.
I have read he crawled a short distance because there were carpet fibers in the back of his throat- sadly he probably did not die instantly but in a matter of minutes.
Dear KPM: Please keep in mind, that the bathroom itself is not very large. It is narrow, so Elvis probably just crawled one meter or so before he sunk forwark in a kneeling position between the chair and the toilet. In my best believe, he died in fornt of the toilet, not on it. Best regards, Martin.
I read that about the fibers at the back of the throat and on his tongue in a book called "Elvis UP Close" They were found during the autopsy according to a quote from Dr. Nick who said pretty much what you just did. He said it was a sudden violent attack and Elvis bit down hard onto his tongue lurched forward and crawled a few feet probably dying in a matter of minutes. Sad.
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