Reply With QuoteGladys Presley dies of acute hepatitis, that what l found but l saw somewehere that gladys was into the diet pills and driniking.
From what I understand, it was cirrhosis of the liver.
Did she drink heavily? I saw in another thread that someone said she took pills? If so, what kind?
Gladys Presley dies of acute hepatitis, that what l found but l saw somewehere that gladys was into the diet pills and driniking.
same here...she died from complications brought on by Hep C. Yes she drank alot when she was younger from what I read - I think because of the hardship of raising Elvis alone while Vernon was in jail.
I read that the family preferred the "complications from Hep C" interpretation but the real cause was cirrhosis of the liver?
Also, Guralnick says she drank at Graceland (but had to hide it from Elvis).
Last edited by Vissie; 09-11-2007 at 09:59 AM.
But Vernon wasn't in jail for that long??!!!
He was sentenced to 3 years but I believe he served around 18 months (or close to that).Originally Posted by ReGina_89
Eight months ... which would've been like eight years in the Depression.
No one will ever know why Gladys drank and took pills, any more than anyone will ever figure out why her son did the things he did.
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You're right. It was 8 months.
She did drink around elvis, but elvis told her many times he didn't like her drinking but gladys never stopped.
Gladys actually passed away from cardiac arrest brought on by Hepatitis C is what I've always read.....
Me too Tony, that's what I've read also.
I believe she started drking to fill the emptyness and worry Elvis left behind while he was on tour and when she did see him on tour she say the fans rip his clothes off tryin to get to him any mother would have been scaried to death by a scene like that....
I've read that too but, as I've said, there are others who say it was cirrhosis (so I'm not sure who is correct.)
But, thinking about it... did Gladys abuse the diet pills? Or did she follow the prescription carefully?
If she did abuse them (albeit unknowingly) then perhaps that is why her son could not see what he was doing to himself?
According to sources, Vernon was asleep when Gladys began struggling for breath but when he tried to summons a nurse it was too late...she had already gone into cardiac arrest...basically a heart attack.
Gladys was drinking long before Elvis became famous ...
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I think the Presleys have an abusive gene!!
The heart always fails at death. I don't believe it was the actual cause, but a result thereof.
I've read that as well. Wasn't beer her drink of choice?
l think it was a beer, but not sure
"Abusive" might be too strong of a word to use...
I'd say that Gladys and Elvis both had a "self-destructive" manner about themselves....Elvis even admitted that he was "self-destructive to Linda Thompson, I believe.
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