that's... insane

 

oh wow 

Is that in the movie?

 

but yea, pretty crazy

poor guy, I can imagine what was going on in that body of his

He was a heavy opiates addict, constipation is often part of their lives. 

 

I thought this thread was about him dying on the toilet. It's such a silly way to die for such a "legend" (but a common one!)

LMFAOOOOOO HUH 

 

 

That's not what he died from though, right? I thought it was drugs or cardiac arrest or smth like that

Cause of death

While an autopsy, undertaken the same day Presley died, was still in progress, Memphis medical examiner Jerry Francisco announced that the immediate cause of death was cardiac arrest. Asked if drugs were involved, he declared that "drugs played no role in Presley's death".^[308] In fact, "drug use was heavily implicated" in Presley's death, writes Guralnick. The pathologists conducting the autopsy thought it possible, for instance, that he had suffered "anaphylactic shock brought on by the codeine pills he had gotten from his dentist, to which he was known to have had a mild allergy". A pair of lab reports filed two months later strongly suggested that polypharmacy was the primary cause of death; one reported "fourteen drugs in Elvis' system, ten in significant quantity".^[309] In 1979, forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht conducted a review of the reports and concluded that a combination of central nervous system depressants had resulted in Presley's accidental death.^[308] Forensic historian and pathologist Michael Baden viewed the situation as complicated: "Elvis had had an enlarged heart for a long time. That, together with his drug habit, caused his death. But he was difficult to diagnose; it was a judgment call."^[310]

The competence and ethics of two of the centrally involved medical professionals were seriously questioned. Francisco had offered a cause of death before the autopsy was complete; claimed the underlying ailment was cardiac arrhythmia, a condition that can be determined only in someone who is still alive; and denied drugs played any part in Presley's death before the toxicology results were known.^[308] Allegations of a cover-up were widespread.^[310] While a 1981 trial of Presley's main physician, George Nichopoulos, exonerated him of criminal liability for his death, the facts were startling: "In the first eight months of 1977 alone, he had [prescribed] more than 10,000 doses of sedatives, amphetamines, and narcotics: all in Elvis' name." His license was suspended for three months. It was permanently revoked in the 1990s after the Tennessee Medical Board brought new charges of over-prescription.^[264]

In 1994, the Presley autopsy report was reopened. Joseph Davis, who had conducted thousands of autopsies as Miami-Dade County coroner,^[311] declared at its completion, "There is nothing in any of the data that supports a death from drugs. In fact, everything points to a sudden, violent heart attack."^[264] More recent research has revealed that Francisco did not speak for the entire pathology team. Other staff "could say nothing with confidence until they got the results back from the laboratories, if then. That would be a matter of weeks." One of the examiners, E. Eric Muirhead, "could not believe his ears. Francisco had not only presumed to speak for the hospital's team of pathologists, he had announced a conclusion that they had not reached. ... Early on, a meticulous dissection of the body ... confirmed [that] Elvis was chronically ill with diabetes, glaucoma, and constipation. As they proceeded, the doctors saw evidence that his body had been wracked over a span of years by a large and constant stream of drugs. They had also studied his hospital records, which included two admissions for drug detoxification and methadone treatments."^[312] Writer Frank Coffey thought Presley's death was due to "a phenomenon called the Valsalva maneuver (essentially straining on the toilet leading to heart stoppage—plausible because Elvis suffered constipation, a common reaction to drug use)".^[313] In similar terms, Dan Warlick, who was present at the autopsy, "believes Presley's chronic constipation—the result of years of prescription drug abuse and high-fat, high-cholesterol gorging—brought on what's known as Valsalva's maneuver. Put simply, the strain of attempting to defecate compressed the singer's abdominal aorta, shutting down his heart."^[314]

However, in 2013, Forest Tennant, who had testified as a defense witness in Nichopoulos' trial, described his own analysis of Presley's available medical records. He concluded that Presley's "drug abuse had led to falls, head trauma, and overdoses that damaged his brain", and that his death was due in part to a toxic reaction to codeine—exacerbated by an undetected liver enzyme defect—which can cause sudden cardiac arrhythmia.^[315] DNA analysis in 2014 of a hair sample, purported to be Presley's, found evidence of genetic variants that can lead to glaucoma, migraines, and obesity; a crucial variant associated with the heart muscle disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy was also identified.^[316]

8 minutes ago, Rev8 said:

Is that in the movie?

 

but yea, pretty crazy

poor guy, I can imagine what was going on in that body of his

I don't think they would put that

 

But yeah it probably was terrrible for him, but wasn't he pdf file? So I can't feel that bad for him

 

is that what that Doja song is about?

3 minutes ago, moonlitdick said:

LMFAOOOOOO HUH 

 

 

30 pounds is basically the weight of 3 babies, like that's insane

Not 30 pounds of feces 

Okay? 

Edited June 7, 20224 yr by xfreshkidxx

2 minutes ago, wantedyoutogrow said:

30 pounds is basically the weight of 3 babies, like that's insane

And laxatives existed before he was even born  

 

8 minutes ago, Dula Peep said:

 

is that what that Doja song is about?

Yes 

 

 

58 minutes ago, wantedyoutogrow said:

I don't think they would put that

 

But yeah it probably was terrrible for him, but wasn't he pdf file? So I can't feel that bad for him

No, he wasn't. Elvis was a gentleman.

iconic death  

bare in mind at the time around his death he was literally eating PLATTERS of cheeseburgers for a single meal …  i can only imagine the stomach aches

 

slightly off topic but i did a smoothie diet recently and i didn’t need a **** for a whole month . even tho i was still eating some solids . it started to scare me  i was expecting to come off the diet and suddenly have the biggest crap of my life but guess what ? 3 days into having a normal diet and i went to the toilet and basically rabbit droppings came out  my body must’ve evaporated all that faeces or something or i sweated it out

50 minutes ago, May said:

bare in mind at the time around his death he was literally eating PLATTERS of cheeseburgers for a single meal …  i can only imagine the stomach aches

 

slightly off topic but i did a smoothie diet recently and i didn’t need a **** for a whole month . even tho i was still eating some solids . it started to scare me  i was expecting to come off the diet and suddenly have the biggest crap of my life but guess what ? 3 days into having a normal diet and i went to the toilet and basically rabbit droppings came out  my body must’ve evaporated all that faeces or something or i sweated it out

i heard of a girl that didn't poop for a few months and then had to get surgery to remove all the poo from her stomach... 

The random disrespect and lmao-ing of his death/diseases? 

The documentary’s marketing team is working overtime. This is all the TL is talking about.

11 hours ago, Beautiful Garbage said:

that sculpture in the back!!! SAVED BY THE BELL!! Ahh nostalgic feelings lol