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Personal relationships of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley had many close relationships throughout his career. The strongest of all the personal relationships of Elvis Presley, by far, was that he had with his mother Gladys, as described below.
==Devotion to his mother==
In a newspaper interview with ''The Memphis Press Scimitar'', Elvis himself was open about the close relationship to his mother. "She was the number-one girl in his life, and he was dedicating his career to her."〔The writer called Elvis "a hillbilly cat," poked fun at Elvis's closeness to his mama, and insinuated Elvis was "talented but simple." Summarized by Earl Greenwood in ''The Boy Who Would Be King,'' p. 155.〕 Throughout her life, "the son would call her by pet names," and they communicated by baby talk.〔Peter Guralnick. ''Last Train To Memphis: The Rise Of Elvis Presley,'' p. 13.〕 Presley even shared his mother's bed "up until Elvis was a young teen,"〔Patrick Humphries. ''Elvis The #1 Hits: The Secret History of the Classics,'' p. 117.〕 simply because the family was so extremely poor that they couldn't afford the luxury of two beds. According to Elaine Dundy, "it was agony for her to leave her child even for a moment with anyone else, to let anyone else touch Elvis."〔Elaine Dundy. ''Elvis and Gladys,'' p. 71.〕 Presley himself said, "My mama never let me out of her sight. I couldn't go down to the creek with the other kids." His father, Vernon Presley, talked about Elvis's close relationship to his mother "after his son became famous, almost as if it were a source of wonder that anyone could be that close."〔See Guralnick, p. 13.〕
During Presley's rising career, Gladys became despairing, depressed and lonely and began to neglect her health. She put on weight and began to drink every day. She ''had'' wanted Elvis to succeed, "but not so that he would be apart from her. The hysteria of the crowd frightened her."〔Robert Rodriguez. ''The 1950s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Rock & Roll Rebels, Cold War Crises, and All-American Oddities,'' p. 87. Published 2006.〕 Doctors diagnosed liver problems, and Gladys's condition eventually worsened so much that she was admitted to hospital in August 1958. At that time, Elvis was in Fort Hood, Texas, to fulfill his military obligations, but he got emergency leave to see her, and a special plane was chartered to bring him home on August 12. Gladys died on August 14.〔See Rodriguez, ''The 1950s' Most Wanted,'' p. 87.〕 Elvis and Vernon were deeply upset by her death, with Elvis "sobbing and crying hysterically,"〔Guralnick, p. 478.〕 and eye-witnesses relate that he was "grieving almost constantly" for days.〔Guralnick, p. 480.〕 During and shortly after the funeral, Judy Spreckels and Nick Adams, Presley's best friends at that time, attempted to comfort the singer.〔In a personal letter of August 25, 1958, to his secretary, Presley's manager, Colonel Thomas Parker, wrote that "Nicky Admas () came out to be with Elvis last Week wich () was so very kind of him to be there with his friend ... Judy Spreckels also came all the way to Memphis to be with Elvis for the Funeral () this was very kind of her also. And I know Elvis did appreciate this so very much."〕
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