On the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s tragic death, The National ENQUIRER has learned that The King was killed not by a heart attack — but by his dentist! Get the shocking secrets behind the Elvis’ unnecessarily early death, and click here for even more shocking secrets revealed in celebrity autopsy reports..
Elvis Autopsy: Top Secret Cover-Up Exposed
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On the 40th anniversary of his tragic early death, The National ENQUIRER has learned that Elvis Presley was killed not by a heart attack — but by his dentist!
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That’s the shocking conclusion of top medical experts and Presley insiders who told The ENQUIRER the autopsy conducted on Elvis after his death on Aug. 16, 1977 — which ruled the rock ’n’ roll icon died of “cardiac arrhythmia” — was a chilling whitewash!
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What’s more, America’s foremost forensic pathologist, Dr. Cyril Wecht (right) — a former president of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists — backed up the startling revelation!
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“There is no way to diagnose cardiac arrhythmia on a dead person," Dr. Wecht, who has personally conducted more than 14,000 autopsies and consulted on nearly 30,000 more, told The ENQUIRER. "There is obviously a cover-up of how Elvis Presley died!”
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Instead, signs point to a fatal decision by Elvis’ dentist, Dr. Lester Hofman, who worked on the superstar the day before Elvis’ corpse was found on the floor of his bathroom in his Memphis mansion, investigators said. After the procedure, the dentist wrote Elvis a prescription for the potent painkiller codeine — even though the singer was highly allergic to the drug.
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Elvis’ adverse reaction to codeine was clearly marked on his medical charts and hospital records, said Dr. Forest Tennant, who examined the singer’s toxicology reports and testified in court. The dentist, who died in 2006, began treating Elvis in 1957 and would have been well aware of the issue, investigators said.
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And he wasn’t the only one. Elvis’ personal nurse, Marian Cocke, noted the “Heartbreak Hotel” sensation, who died at age 42, had an allergy to codeine. So did former lover Linda Thompson (right), who told authorities Elvis would have rashes, suffer panic attacks and have trouble breathing after taking the drug.
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Elvis’ best friend, Joe Esposito (at left, as best man at Elvis' wedding to Priscilla) was one of the first to deal with The King’s bloated corpse — and confirmed codeine was at the death scene! Before he died last November, Joe told The ENQUIRER he found Elvis “facedown on the floor” with his “pants around his feet” because he “died on the toilet.”
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Joe told The ENQUIRER he cleaned up the death scene by removing “the rug and a bunch of pill bottles” — including codeine! The “Speedway” star’s personal physician, Dr. George “Nick” Nichopoulos, supplied the tragic superstar with an endless stream of potent painkillers, including Dilaudid, morphine, Quaaludes and barbiturates.
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While trying to deflect blame for his role in Elvis’ death, Dr. Nick insisted “bowel paralysis” killed him. Dr. Nick noted Elvis’ autopsy found his colon was packed with waste and measured about six inches around and nine feet long— twice the normal width and length! But Dr. Wecht said the real culprit was codeine — even though the autopsy found 11 other drugs in Elvis’ body.
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In a troubling twist, Shelby County Medical Examiner Jerry Francisco announced Elvis died of a heart attack — while the autopsy was still underway! Now, after examining toxicology results years later, Dr. Wecht said Elvis had “10 times the therapeutic range” of codeine in his system!
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“Elvis was in a bad way the day he died — totally strung out,” recalled Joe (left). “He wanted Dilaudid, but didn’t have any. He called Dr. Nick for pills about 12 hours before he died. Dr. Nick had them delivered. But Elvis never took them. We found them in the bathroom.
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“I think Elvis gobbled down the whole bottle of codeine by mistake. The pills look similar — and when Elvis wanted his fix he got desperate. All my life I have been haunted by the idea that my best friend — and the greatest talent the world has ever seen — didn’t have to die!”
On the 40th anniversary of his tragic early death, The National ENQUIRER has learned that Elvis Presley was killed not by a heart attack — but by his dentist!
Photo credit: Getty Images/Files
That’s the shocking conclusion of top medical experts and Presley insiders who told The ENQUIRER the autopsy conducted on Elvis after his death on Aug. 16, 1977 — which ruled the rock ’n’ roll icon died of “cardiac arrhythmia” — was a chilling whitewash!
What’s more, America’s foremost forensic pathologist, Dr. Cyril Wecht (right) — a former president of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists — backed up the startling revelation!
Photo credit: Getty Images/Files
“There is no way to diagnose cardiac arrhythmia on a dead person," Dr. Wecht, who has personally conducted more than 14,000 autopsies and consulted on nearly 30,000 more, told The ENQUIRER. "There is obviously a cover-up of how Elvis Presley died!”
Instead, signs point to a fatal decision by Elvis’ dentist, Dr. Lester Hofman, who worked on the superstar the day before Elvis’ corpse was found on the floor of his bathroom in his Memphis mansion, investigators said. After the procedure, the dentist wrote Elvis a prescription for the potent painkiller codeine — even though the singer was highly allergic to the drug.
Elvis’ adverse reaction to codeine was clearly marked on his medical charts and hospital records, said Dr. Forest Tennant, who examined the singer’s toxicology reports and testified in court. The dentist, who died in 2006, began treating Elvis in 1957 and would have been well aware of the issue, investigators said.
Photo credit: Files
And he wasn’t the only one. Elvis’ personal nurse, Marian Cocke, noted the “Heartbreak Hotel” sensation, who died at age 42, had an allergy to codeine. So did former lover Linda Thompson (right), who told authorities Elvis would have rashes, suffer panic attacks and have trouble breathing after taking the drug.
Elvis’ best friend, Joe Esposito (at left, as best man at Elvis' wedding to Priscilla) was one of the first to deal with The King’s bloated corpse — and confirmed codeine was at the death scene! Before he died last November, Joe told The ENQUIRER he found Elvis “facedown on the floor” with his “pants around his feet” because he “died on the toilet.”
Joe told The ENQUIRER he cleaned up the death scene by removing “the rug and a bunch of pill bottles” — including codeine! The “Speedway” star’s personal physician, Dr. George “Nick” Nichopoulos, supplied the tragic superstar with an endless stream of potent painkillers, including Dilaudid, morphine, Quaaludes and barbiturates.
While trying to deflect blame for his role in Elvis’ death, Dr. Nick insisted “bowel paralysis” killed him. Dr. Nick noted Elvis’ autopsy found his colon was packed with waste and measured about six inches around and nine feet long— twice the normal width and length! But Dr. Wecht said the real culprit was codeine — even though the autopsy found 11 other drugs in Elvis’ body.
In a troubling twist, Shelby County Medical Examiner Jerry Francisco announced Elvis died of a heart attack — while the autopsy was still underway! Now, after examining toxicology results years later, Dr. Wecht said Elvis had “10 times the therapeutic range” of codeine in his system!
“Elvis was in a bad way the day he died — totally strung out,” recalled Joe (left). “He wanted Dilaudid, but didn’t have any. He called Dr. Nick for pills about 12 hours before he died. Dr. Nick had them delivered. But Elvis never took them. We found them in the bathroom.
“I think Elvis gobbled down the whole bottle of codeine by mistake. The pills look similar — and when Elvis wanted his fix he got desperate. All my life I have been haunted by the idea that my best friend — and the greatest talent the world has ever seen — didn’t have to die!”
