Elvis Presley's brother pays sweet tribute to King on birthday 'I will always love you'
Elvis Presley's brother has paid touching tribute to the King on his birthday.
Elvis Presley would have turned 89 this week had he lived beyond his short 42 years.
As fans gathered to pay tribute to The King of Rock and Roll at Graceland, those who knew him personally have also been remembering him on social media.
Elvis’ identical twin was tragically stillborn, but later in life, the star would welcome stepbrothers into his family.
This was after his father Vernon remarried following to death of The King’s mother Gladys in 1958.
He wed Dee Stanley, whose three sons Bill, David and Rick became Elvis’ stepbrothers and part of the star’s Memphis Mafia.
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In 1972, Elvis requested that David, then just 16, to drop out of high school and become one of his bodyguards.
He would work for the star as part of his Memphis Mafia for the remaining five years of his short life, as recounted in his own movie called Protecting The King.
David, who recently gave his verdict on the Elvis and Priscilla movie biopics, posted his birthday tribute to The King on his Instagram.
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David captioned one: “Happy Birthday Elvis. I love you. You’ll always be with Me.”
Meanwhile another was a snap of him inside the lobby of the Westgate hotel (formerly International Hotel) with a statue of The King where he performed his residencies from 1969.
This one was captioned: “Happy birthday from Las Vegas Elvis. I will always love you and remember you.”