Much time has elapsed and countless guests have checked in and out of the Heartbreak Hotel since Elvis Presley died this week 45 years ago.
If the memory of his greatness and uniqueness as a musical artist has slightly faded over the decades since then, the stunning 2022 Hollywood blockbuster, Elvis, starring Austin Butler as the man himself and Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker, is a powerful reminder of what an unmatched giant musical and showbiz force he was - and continues to be.
Elvis Presley died, aged just 42, on August 16, 1977, at his Graceland home in Memphis. In that pre-digital age, many people in the UK found out the news when it was announced by the visibly shocked newsreader Reginald Bosanquet near the end of ITV's News At Ten that day. It would become a moment, much like when news of President Kennedy's death broke a decade and a half earlier, or Princess Diana's death 20 years later, that people would remember where they were and who they were with.
