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...Hollywood party on Aug. 16, 1977, word reached the celebrity revelers that the 42-year-old Elvis Presley had just died at his Graceland home in Memphis. Amid the murmurs of shock, one industry type noted, "Good career move...
...celebrities with the longest online half-life are Marilyn Monroe (47th most popular celebrity search) followed by Elvis Presley (in position #101). However, searches for Marilyn increased to double their normal level on the first week of February 2007, the same week as Anna Nicole's death. Personally I can only see the platinum blonde connection between the two, but apparently U.S. Internet users see more of a connection between Marilyn and Anna Nicole. I wonder if Marilyn would have her own reality television show if she were alive today...
...growing between the U.S. military-a subculture with a bracing value system emphasizing service, discipline and common purpose-and the slovenly culture at large. "In my Princeton class of '56, 450 of the 750 graduates served in the military," says Charles Moskos of Northwestern University, a military historian. "Elvis Presley was drafted the same year I was. In last year's Princeton class, only 9 out of 1,100 graduates served in the military...
...read books like “Mountain Beyond Mountains,” and I imagine myself packing my bags for rural Haiti, Peru, or Africa to help treat diseases with Dr. Paul Farmer, Presley professor of social medicine. But, in the end, I’d choose to study abroad in Spain or eat my way through Italy...
...mistake I made was telling the group that there were no limitations on their choices. I realized my error when Marquardt asked if her nominees had to be alive, since she had Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Walt Disney on her list. These are problems TIME 100 editors never have to deal with. I told everyone the nominees had to be living as well as residents of this planet and not imaginary friends. I think I witnessed a lot of scratching...