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Charleneanne

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August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
when you heard the news of Elvis Presley's death.
I had 3 children between the ages of 4 and 10 in 1977 so I did all the normal things a sahm does and listened to Elvis' music and cried alllll day. I was a big fan. Still am as a matter of fact. sigh
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Clareo

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was working for an insurance company in Wellington and somebody with the radio on (a "transistor" I believe! LOL) came and told us. I remember one of the older women I worked with had a few tears! I was 18 at the time and in my jazz phase I think ....
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evilqueen

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was only 4 so I don't remember much
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scrapy1967

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I can not remember! I was only 10 so I was probably at school or outside playing!
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happayscrappay

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was three and twobugs didn't like him so I'm sure we did nothing special. I probably played in the yard. We'd moved into a new house a few months before.
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ammielou

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
OMGosh, I was at school. When I got home I found my Mother bawling her eyes out. I thought something had happened to someone in the family. She cried for two weeks. She and her sister had just seen him in Savannah, a couple of weeks before. She had a gigantic scrapbook of all things Elvis and had been to Graceland once or twice. When the stamps came out she got some and addressed letters to people she knew had no letter box, so there were returned with the stamp, "return to sender". I took my family to Graceland in 2004. The girls had a great time, and I cried remembering my Mother and how much she loved Elvis.
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Ayla

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I vaguely remember hearing the news and knowing he was a celebrity but not much more than that. I would have been not quite 13....I didn't pay much attention to the news then. Oh yeah...I still don't pay a lot of attention to celebrity news!
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blbabe1234

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I wasn't even a twinkle in my daddy's eye! LOL
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dshepard

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was exactly 14 months old, so really don't remember. But my mom was a big Elvis fan, and although we never talked about it, I'm sure she cried a lot that day...she loved him.
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sarahwhithers

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
Well seeing I wasn't born until 1980, I wasn't even a thought in anyones brain at that point. haha! :)
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blbabe1234

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
sarahwhithers wrote:Well seeing I wasn't born until 1980, I wasn't even a thought in anyones brain at that point. haha! :)


LOL! You and me both! I wasn't born 'til 1980 too!
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handerful

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was 3. I don't remember that day, but I do know I dressed up like Shirley Temple and sang "Good Ship Lolli-pop" at the preschool program that year. :-)
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Monroe1218

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
Wasn't born yet....
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jmo95

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was only 8 months old so who knows what i was doing! I was born on Elvis's birthday though!
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Cherry Jubilee

Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was at school, 6th grade. I remember that we were in English class and one of the teachers ran into the room that I was in all hysterical that Elvis had died.
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JulesinParadise

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was 30 and was teaching English to middle school 7th graders (3 longest years of my life btw). I honestly don't remember when I heard it because none of the tvs worked in our school and we were not allowed to have radios even in the teachers' lounge. I probably found out when I got home from work.
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LyndaKay

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I heard about it after work. I was almost 24 yrs old. I'm definitely appreciate his music more today. In those days, I was a country rock fan...Eagles, Jackson Browne.


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scraptag

Cherry Cola

Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I was 13, and my mom was 43. I remember thinking that she could be next, and was a little scared for a while. Then I realized that she didn't drink like Elvis, so I probably shouldn't worry about it. (I thought he died of drinking too much when I was that age)
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Ayla

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
blbabe1234 wrote:
sarahwhithers wrote:Well seeing I wasn't born until 1980, I wasn't even a thought in anyones brain at that point. haha! :)


LOL! You and me both! I wasn't born 'til 1980 too!
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Wheeliegirl

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Re: August 16, 1977 What Were You Doing . . . .
I don't remember. I was 11.
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