A Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative databook. Looks at Newark in the context of the 23 cities in the Living Cities group, as well as within the largest 100 cities in the nation. Demographic and economic data pertaining to population, race and ethnicity, immigration, age, households and families, education, work, commuting, income and poverty, and housing.
On August 16, 1977, Presley died in his bathroom at Graceland allegedly of a heart attack. Elvis Presley lay in state in a 900-pound copper-lined coffin just inside the foyer while over 3,500 of Elvis' mourning fans passed by to pay their respects.
PAUL SOLMAN: Elvis died of a heart attack in Memphis August 16, 1977. He was 42. ELVIS PRESLEY SINGING: â I did it my way. PAUL SOLMAN: The amazing thing is that despite his physical death, the cry continues louder than ever: Long live the King.LVIS PRESLEY: Well, it might not help you get girls but at your age it would get your blood circulating. PAUL SOLMAN: Elvisâs unbridled performance of âHound Dogâ on Uncle Miltieâs show was right on the edge. Mid song, he put his guitar aside, and emphasized the beat with more flexible equipment.