Today in History: Elvis Presley dies
- Posted on August 16, 2026
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Today in History: Elvis Presley dies
On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died in Detroit at the age of 76.
