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Mar 16, 2024 · Colonel Parker did not dress up for Elvis’ funeral. Elvis died on the afternoon of Aug. 16, 1977. Two days later, his family held a funeral at Graceland. Thousands of mourning fans...
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Colonel Tom Parker managed Elvis Presley’s career from 1955 to 1977, overseeing almost every aspect of the star’s life. A “colonel” in honorary terms only, he was a shrewd, showman-like figure who learned how to sell an act by working for carnivals; he often referred to Presley as “my attraction.” He understood early on that Presley’s fame might ea...
Colonel Tom Parker was born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk on June 26, 1909, in Breda, Netherlands. Parker originally claimed to have been born in Huntington, West Virginia, but his true origins were revealed when family members in the Netherlands saw a news photo of him with Presley. A clever child and a gifted storyteller, he sought out odd jobs incl...
Parker was given the title of colonel in the Louisiana State Militia by Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis in 1948. The state had no organized militia, and the honorary title was given in return for Parker's efforts on Davis’ campaign. But Parker did serve two years in the U.S. Army at Hawaii’s Fort Shafter. When his tour ended in 1931 he re-enlisted ...
Parker abruptly left the Netherlands in 1929, and though he let his family know he was safe, he later ceased contact. One theory about why came when a Dutch journalist got a tip linking Parker, by his real name, to an unsolved murder in Breda. In 1929, the 23-year-old wife of a grocer was murdered in what had been apparently intended as a robbery. ...
When Presley died in 1977, his father Vernon Presley became the executor of his estate but asked Parker to remain in charge. When Vernon himself died in 1979, a probate judge who looked closely at the situation was shocked to learn of Parker’s arrangement, giving himself half of Presley’s earnings — even after the star’s death. The judge appointed ...
In 1953 Parker bought a house in Madison, Tennessee, where Presley would visit and stay while recording. After Parker’s death in 1997, the home was used as a law office. Then in 2017, when the house was set to be demolished for a car wash, music historian and collector Brian Oxley purchased the rights to the interior. Items such as wall paneling an...
In January 1997, Parker suffered from a stroke and died the next day in a hospital in Las Vegas at the age of 87.
Priscilla Presley attended the funeral to represent the Elvis Presley Estate and gave a eulogy that, to many in the room, summed up Parker: "Elvis and the Colonel made history together, and the world is richer, better and far more interesting because of their collaboration.
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Jun 30, 2022 · By Alanna Nash. June 30, 2022. © Warner Bros/Everett Collection. In 1963, Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley’s audacious manager who had gotten his start selling candy apples in...
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Mar 2, 2023 · An estimated 200 people attended Elvis' funeral, including his close friends and family. Many stars were at the funeral, including: John Wayne, Burt Reynolds, George Hamilton, Ann-Margret and Caroline Kennedy. Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' long time manager was also there.
Aug 16, 1987 · And he is no longer in touch with Col. Tom Parker--with whom he had many disagreements over the management of Elvis’ career. Or with Priscilla. But he reads everything he finds about Lisa Marie ...
Jan 22, 1997 · Col. Tom Parker, the strict, unorthodox and controversial manager who orchestrated Elvis Presley's career from 1955 until the singer's death in 1977, died yesterday at Valley Hospital...
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