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Born: January 8, 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi
Died: August 16, 1977, Memphis, Tennessee
Height: 6'0"
Weight at birth: 5 pounds
Weight at peak of career: 165 pounds
Weight at death: About 260 pounds
Shoe size: 11D
Shirt size: Neck 15 1/2-16
Motto: TCB (Taking Care of Business)
Church: First Assembly Church of God in Memphis
Favorite toothpaste: Colgate
Favorite after-shave: Brut
Favorite drink: Pepsi Cola
Favorite foods: Peanut butter, mashed potatoes, burned bacon,
grape jelly, cheeseburgers, pork chops, sauerkraut
Eating capacity: In his 20s, Elvis told Country Song Roundup
Magazine he could polish off eight deluxe cheeseburgers, two
bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwiches and three milkshakes in a
single sitting.
Favorite hobbies: Go-carting, karate, numerology,
scientology, reading, gospel singing, touch football
Habits he didn't have: Elvis didn't drink, smoke or use
illegal drugs
Favorite board games: Yahtzee, Monopoly
Favorite collectible: Official badges. He had police badges
from almost every city he sang in and a federal narcotics
badge from President Richard M. Nixon.
Second favorite collectible: Guns. There were nearly 40
weapons of various kinds in the Presley arsenal, including
M-16s and other rifles, automatic pistols,
derringers and a Thompson submachine gun.
Elvis's first cars:
- 1951 Lincoln Continental (wrecked by band member Bill
Black)
- 1940s Cadillac sedan (burned)
- 1955 Cadillac Fleetwood four-door (the infamous pink
Cadillac, although it was blue before Elvis bought and
painted it)
- Collection of cars and motorcycles eventually included
several Cadillacs and Harley-Davidson motorcycles
Alternate careers he considered: Electrician, truck driver,
law enforcement officer
First girlfriends: High school sweetheart Dixie Locke,
actress Natalie Wood, showgirl Marilyn Evans, aspiring
actress Anita Wood
Last girlfriend: Ginger Alden
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