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Elvis Presley: Relationships
From the beginning of his career,
Elvis was a sex symbol who sent legions of women swooning. He had a string of girlfriends, before and after he became famous, including celebrities such as
Mamie Van Doren,
Natalie Wood, Tuesday Weld,
Cybill Shepherd,
Barbra Streisand, and
Ann-Margret.
On May 1, 1967 he married Priscilla Anne Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Priscilla had been the step-daughter of Presley's commanding officer in Germany during his Army stint. Incredibly,
Elvis managed to talk Priscilla's mother and step-father into allowing the underaged girl to live with him at Graceland. In her autobiography, Priscilla recounted how
Elvis would stay up all night and sleep most of the day; if he wanted to go out, he'd rent out the venue so no fans would bother him. Although he would spend hours alone with her in her bedroom, Priscilla wrote that
Elvis never made any advances toward her. Indeed, their wedding night was the first—and only—time they were intimate; their daughter, Lisa Marie, was born exactly nine months later on February 1, 1968. After their divorce in 1973, Lisa lived with Priscilla.
Elvis: The Hollywood Years, a 2002 biography by David Bret, claims the King was gay. Bret says Colonel Tom Parker "held secret information about a homosexual affair between
Elvis and actor Nick Adams over his head like a sword. He made it clear that... if
Elvis didn't toe the line, he'd let it get out. At that time, it could well have ruined his career. That is why Parker had so much control over him." Many journalists' attempts to "out"
Elvis in the past were thwarted by his manager. In her book
The Intimate Life and Death of Elvis, Dee Presley, the king's stepmother, also says that
Elvis had sexual encounters with men and mentions his affair with Nick Adams.
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