Elvis Presley in residence in Vegas: Hotel Hilton Dinner Show in the Totem Pole and Midnight in the Blue Silver Phoenix.

December 12, 1976 - Elvis performes for the last time ever in Las Vegas, dressed in the 1974 Arabian suit with V-neck suit belt, Elvis sings his heart out for 2200 fans in the crowd. By request, televangelist Rex Humbard visits Elvis in his dressing room after tonight's show to pray with him.

Elvis Presley with fans at Beverly Hills, California on 12th December 1968.

We're caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Why can't you see

What you're doing to me

When you don't believe a word I say?

We can't go on together

With suspicious minds (with suspicious minds)

And we can't build our dreams

On suspicious minds

So, if an old friend I know

Stops by to say hello

Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?

Here we go again

Asking where I've been

You can't see the tears are real, I'm crying

(Yes, I'm crying)

We can't go on together

With suspicious minds (suspicious minds)

And we can't build our dreams

On suspicious minds

Oh, let our love survive

I'll dry the tears from your eyes

Let's don't let a good thing die

When, honey, you know I have never lied to you, mm

(Yeah, yeah)

We're caught in a trap

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Why can't you see

What you're doing to me

When you don't believe a word I say?

Don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

Well, don't you know I'm caught in a trap?

I can't walk out

Because I love you too much, baby

“December 8 proved to be a horrible night when, after Elvis’s show, Vernon collapsed in the backstage dressing room. Elvis, myself, Dr. Ghanem, Sandy, and Joe rode with him to Sunrise Hospital, where Vernon was rushed into the emergency room, followed closely by Dr. Ghanem and Sandy.

While we waited, Elvis found an empty wheelchair in a mostly vacant corridor and sat down in it. Someone placed a chair beside him for me and I sat down, too. I noticed Elvis’s eyes get misty and he lightly wiped them with the back of his hand. I placed my arm around him, wanting to comfort him any way possible. One night earlier, I’d been afraid I might lose my grandfather. Now here was Elvis, in a similar situation with his own father. I knew how helpless he must feel. Here was a man who thought he could do anything, yet this was beyond his reach. I wished there was something I could do for Elvis, the way he had offered to help me. At this moment, all I had to give him was my love, and that’s what I gave.

We said prayers in the hallway as we waited for news. Sandy finally walked out and explained that Vernon had fluid buildup in his lungs, but otherwise he was doing all right. She also mentioned that he would definitely have to stop smoking.

Dr. Ghanem joined us then, relaying similar information. He tried to reassure Elvis and put him at ease. I waited while Elvis went in to see his father. Afterward, the doctors requested that Vernon stay in the hospital overnight.

I had seen Elvis be pensive before, but during our ride back to the Hilton, he was dead quiet. I was determined to comfort him and respect his feelings any way I could. If Elvis wanted to think in silence, I was there to keep him company, or if he wanted to talk, I was there to listen.

As we returned to our suite, Ricky Stanley was waiting for us. He immediately walked up to Elvis and hugged him. Ricky then “surprised me with a hug and said, “Thank you for being here, Ginger.”

It meant a great deal to me, hearing that. I was grateful if, in some small way, I had actually helped Elvis in a time of need.”

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Elvis and Ginger

Ginger Alden

December 9, 1967: Elvis was at his Hillcrest drive home and stopped to sign a few autographs for the fans.

Elvis Presley

In July 1956 Elvis is photographed by Lloyd Shearer in a room on the sixth floor of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis.

Little Junior Parker, Elvis Presley, Bobby Blue Bland at the WDIA Goodwill Revue December 7, 1957.