Personal relationships of Elvis Presley "too polite to say." However, Alden finally revealed in her 2014 memoir that they did "make love," indicating sexual intimacy. Apart from his relationships with women, Presley had many male friends. He reportedly spent day and night with friends and employees whom the news media affectionately dubbed the Memphis Mafia. Among them were Sonny West, Red West, Billy Smith, Marty Lacker and Lamar Fike. Gerald Marzorati says that Elvis "couldn't go anywhere else without a phalanx of boyhood friends." Even the girls he dated deplored, "Whenever you were with Elvis for the most part you were with his entourage. Those
Elvis: What Happened? publicized and were suddenly even more of interest to fans of the singer and of those seeking answers about how he could have died so young and suddenly. This interest led to the book selling in excess of three million copies, making it one of the most successful Presley books of all time. Elvis: What Happened? Elvis: What Happened? is a book about the personal life of singer Elvis Presley. The book, which is based on the personal accounts of three of Elvis' former bodyguards, went into detail on the singer’s dangerous drug-dependence. His death, only two weeks after the