ELVIS WEEK 2023

Every year pilgrims from around the globe descend on Memphis to honor and remember Elvis Presley on the anniversary of his death. These are some highlights from Elvis Week 2023, many of which show the next generation of Elvis fans. This was the first vigil since Lisa Marie, the daughter of Elvis, died. His granddaughter, Riley Keough, has since taken over the estate. No family members were present this year, including Pricilla Presley who is often on hand.

Visual Highlights from the Elvis Vigil

Previous Blog Posts:

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/tag/Photos+of+Lisa+Marie+Presley

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/2022/6/27/new-baz-luhrmann-elvis-movie-tops-box-office?rq=Graceland

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/elvis-week-2019?rq=Graceland

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/elvispresley40?rq=Graceland

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/elvisweek2018?rq=Graceland

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/2015/1/10/elvis-turns-80?rq=Graceland

Lisa Marie Presley Dead at Age 54

Fans leave flowers and notes outside of Graceland in memory of Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley who Died Jan, 12, 2023 at the age of 54.

Lisa Marie lived at Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee in her early childhood. After Elvis Presley died, she inherited the house. She frequently returned to Graceland to remember her father and to greet fans on his birthday or during Elvis Death Week.

As a photojournalist in Memphis, I have had many opportunities to cover Lisa Marie and her mother Priscilla Presley, and those who loved and were connected to Elvis in his lifetime. I have put together a small photo gallery and video of the spontaneous memorial outside Graceland and some other links to stories about the passing of Lisa Marie.

Each year, during death week in August, fans travel to Memphis from around the world to remember Elvis. A candle is lit at his grave and the flame is transferred to a few fans, who process past the graves along with thousands of other fans who come to participate in the candlelight vigil. The event usually goes into the early hours of the next morning. (One of the photos in this photo gallery is Lisa Marie participating in the vigil, passing that flame to fans.)

Newspapers around the world have been interested in the story of the death of Lisa Marie Presley.

Lisa Marie will be buried at Graceland near her son Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020, and her father Elvis along with other family members in the meditation garden next to the home.

A few highlights from Elvis Week, usually attended by Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley, Below-

The video of the spontaneous memorial for Lisa Marie outside Graceland is below:

Lisa Marie was here this summer for a premiere of the new Elvis movie that came out.

https://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/tag/Lisa+Marie+Presely

It’s a busy time in Memphis! I will try and add to this blog post and photo gallery as I have time.

John Beifuss, my former colleague at the Commercial Appeal who is a longtime Memphis reporter wrote an excellent story about Lisa Marie. https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/2023/01/13/lisa-marie-presley-dies-elvis-daughter-graceland/69804300007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lisa-marie-presley-dies-wealth-net-worth-graceland/

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ELVIS WEEK, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee 2019

Thousands of fans gather for the Candlelight Vigil in remembrance of the death of ELVIS PRESLEY at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Presley passed away on August 16, 1977, at the age of 42. In the years since his death, fans from around the world gather each year at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee in the days surrounding the anniversary of his death for the annual event known as Elvis Week. (Photos by Karen Pulfer Focht ©)

FOR SOME OF THE PREVIOUS COVERAGE OF THE KING BY MEMPHIS PHOTOJOURNALIST KAREN PULFER FOCHT SEE LINKS BELOW-

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/elvisweek2018

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/tag/Pricilla+Presley

http://www.karenpulferfocht.com/blog/2015/1/10/elvis-turns-80

https://www.thenational.ae/world/the-americas/elvis-presley-candlelight-vigil-at-graceland-in-pictures-1.620177

https://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/music/presleys-1st-record-my-happiness-auctions-s401000

https://en.tempo.co/photo/54473/elvis-fans-mark-40th-anniversary-of-his-death#foto-6