His eye was staring straight ahead and blood red.'Īn autopsy was carried out that same day but the report was immediately sealed for 50 years by the family, sparking a slew of speculation as to what killed him.ĭan Warlick, chief investigator for the Tennessee Office of the State Chief Medical Examiner, attended the autopsy and fuelled the popular theory that Elvis died while straining to go to the toilet. “The tip of his tongue was clenched between his teeth and his face was blotchy.
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