Elvis
May 3, 2006
For the fifth year running Elvis has been the
top selling dead artist But his family never the less sold
an 85% share in Elvis Presley Enterprises to a fellow by
the name of Sillerman. This means that he own’s Graceland.
He paid £114 million for his 85%…..but why did the family
sell in the first place , they hardly need the money. It’s all
very depressing….’seem’s that for the right price anything
is for sale.
But Elvis belongs to us all….
May 3, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Unfortunately or otherwise most money making ventures are at sometime or another ‘for sale’. As to why Elvis Presley’s family sold the 85% – maybe someone will write a book that will answer that & many other ‘unanswered questions’ that hang around the ghost of Elvis…
May 24, 2006 at 3:35 am
We hang out to gether all the time.
June 4, 2007 at 5:27 pm
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