Although he was actually dating and (according to her) engaged to Ginger Alden when he died in August 1977, they were only together for seven months. Before that, King had spent four and a half years with Linda, and they stayed close to the end. She was the first person Lisa Marie Presley called on the night Elvis died and she has faithfully preserved his memory and legacy for 45 years. She said, “We lived together in Graceland and California and walked the road. We held each other’s hearts, shared secrets, laughed and loved deeply. This is someone you will never forget…God rest his beautiful soul.”
Elvis’ cousin Billy Smith, who grew up with him in Graceland, and his wife Joe always praise the King’s relationship with Linda. On his Memphis Mafia Kid YouTube channel they said, “She nurtured him, took care of him, went out of her way to do things for him, and we saw it. She was so beautiful and still is, but she mingled with everyone, everyone I loved, she was so friendly And very open.”
Joe added, “Elvis said to us, ‘If you ever call her and say I need her, she’s there.’ We’ll never forget him saying it, and it was true, she was always there. When they parted, they parted as friends…I know he loved her.” “.
Linda was recently interviewed by Sherry, daughter of Memphis mafia member Marty Lacker. You can view it below.
Then she said something somewhat unusual: “If anyone could conserve their energy. It wouldn’t be Houdini who could come back, it would be Elvis.”
She also explained how her love for him continued: “He was a wonderful human being and I feel so lucky to have gotten to know him so deeply and love him so much and that has continued to this day.”
Linda also acknowledged the fact that her boyfriend was notorious for stalking many women throughout his life, while also being in long-term relationships – but she made it clear how she was able to accept and understand them.
“He liked women,” Linda said. “Sometimes too much. Sometimes I had to enjoy it.”
“I didn’t have to, I chose it, because, above all else, we were best friends. We were lovers, clan spirits, sure. We understood each other.”
Linda was one of the few Elvis partners who became very close to his hermetic companions, The Memphis Mafia. She responded to allegations (including from Lisa Marie herself) that some of them had used Elvis, or weren’t sincere in their love for him.
“He adored these men, they built their lives around him and I felt proud to be among the elite group of men who considered themselves brothers,” she said.
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Linda added, “I really felt like one of the guys, I went every round, I went to Vegas every time he played there, so I really got to know all these guys so well.”
The Mafia is notorious for dismissing Ginger as an opportunist, but it tells us that surviving members like Elvis’ cousin Billy still speak highly of Linda to this day.
Perhaps because Linda, in her words, “loves him without any ulterior agenda or motive.”
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