Remembering August 16, 1977 Again

[Elvis.com]

Spike Collamore has teamed up with Joe Krein to publish a second volume of "Elvis: Remembering August 16, 1977" collecting fans reactions to Elvis' death in 1977. The original book was based on the fans'...

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[Nicole Presley]

Is it only for fans who were alive when he was alive? Or can others also write how they became a fan of Elvis? I think it would be much more interesting if there are also books about how people who weren´t alive when he was alive became his fans.

[monk37]

it would be for people who were alive and remember the events of the day

[Nicole Presley]

:+( I wish I would have lived then.

[rickb]

No Nicole, it wasn't a great day to be around

[Dany]

Thank you my friend for it.

[Hominuk]

:+( I wish I would have lived then.

It was shocking....it was like hearing Santa Claus died! I was 15, and loved Elvis since, actually, I don't even remember when I started loving him....it was so sad, it truly was heartbreaking.

[Genie]

it would be for people who were alive and remember the events of the day

I recently turned the big 30 and I can tell you like it was yesterday, down to the piece of clothing I had on, it's color and what the climate was.
The smell of the yard, and even my beautiful "Apollo Stardust"(he was in Diamonds are Forever) acted the same as he did when he was a baby kitten.....he ran to the tv set to watch apolllo 11 take off.... hense his name.
This time, he ran to the tv and stared into the news channels, and it was so spooky.
Afterall, this dear pet of mine had spent years of his life lsitening to ELVIS little did I know it mattered to a cat.
Stranger things happen....

[Genie]

:+( I wish I would have lived then.

Nicole, it is something which makes me cry to this day... like watching that video the other day called "I'm leavin..." Everything" looked so old, even the officers escorting the herse.
The way people were dressed, hairstyles, and here I am watching just a small clip of the real thing I watched, and tears welled up..... you might like to go to Graceland sometime if you haven't, but honey, trust me. You are one of the lucky ones, that were not there.

[Jimmy1966]

i was 11 when he died and we lived in the countryside i just went away to be alone and sat down on a hillside by myself and cried for hours..did not go home till late with one thought in my mind.....that i would never know what it would be like to see ELVIS PRESLEY LIVE ON STAGE...and i still have that same feeling today aged 43...don't think it will ever leave me..aw well i can watch and listen to him when i can..and dream. thats my memory of august 16th 1977.

[debtdbruno]

i was 11 when he died and we lived in the countryside i just went away to be alone and sat down on a hillside by myself and cried for hours..did not go home till late with one thought in my mind.....that i would never know what it would be like to see ELVIS PRESLEY LIVE ON STAGE...and i still have that same feeling today aged 43...don't think it will ever leave me..aw well i can watch and listen to him when i can..and dream. thats my memory of august 16th 1977.

I'm the same age as you Jimmy.............my thoughts mirror yours