‘Not a good man’: Elvis Presley’s manager had shady past, link to murder
nypost.comElvis Presley also locked down the woman beside him.Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker was so controlling, he pressured the rock star into marrying Priscilla Beaulieu on May 1, 1967.
Determined to get those “I do’s” done, Parker even arranged the whole wedding at the Aladdin hotel in Las Vegas, where the inveterate gambler had a history of dangerous debts.“He wanted him tied down to a woman so there wouldn’t be any scandals about women,” said James L.
Dickerson, whose 2001 book “Colonel Tom Parker: The Curious Life of Elvis Presley’s Eccentric Manager” was purchased by Warner Bros.
for the new “Elvis” movie — starring Tom Hanks as Parker — opening on Friday.“He considered women a bad influence on Elvis.”Priscilla was only 14 when she met Elvis — 10 years her senior — while he was stationed in Germany with the US Army; three years later, she would move into Graceland before tying the knot with him at age 21.
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