Washington
(ANI):
Elvis
Presley"s
doctor
Nick
Nichopoulos
has
revealed
that
the
King
of
Rock
and
Roll
died
due
to
chronic
constipation.
It
was
reported
in
1977
that
Presley
died
due
to
cardiac
arrhythmia,
an
irregular
heartbeat
problem
that
arises
due
to
taking
drugs,
obesity
and
a
weak
heart.
But
Presley"s
long
time
friend
and
physician
Nick
has
now
revealed
that
he
died
due
to
chronic
constipation,
reports
Fox
News.
“After
he
died
we
weren"t
sure
of
the
exact
cause
of
death
so
I
continued
to
do
some
research
and
I
had
some
doctors
call
me
from
different
places
and
different
med
schools
that
were
doing
research
on
constipation
and
different
problems
you
can
get
into
with
it," now
retired
Nick
said.
“I
just
want
to
get
the
story
straight
–
it
all
made
sense
with
the
new
research
that
was
done,"
he
added.
Dr
Nick
was
with
Presley
for
the
last
twelve
years
of
his
life.
He
also
made
an
attempt
to
resuscitate
him
the
day
he
died.
He
recently
released
a
book
called
“The
King
and
Dr.
Nick."
The
book
is
about
his
time
with
Presley
and
his
theory
on
his
shocking
death.
“We
didn"t
realize
until
the
autopsy
that
his
constipation
was
as
bad
–
we
knew
it
was
bad
because
it
was
hard
for
us
to
treat,
but
we
didn"t
realize
what
it
had
done,"
Dr
Nick
said.
"We
just
assumed
that
the
constipation
was
secondary
to
the
meds
that
he
was
taking
for
his
arthritic
pain
and
for
his
insomnia,"
he
added.
Dr.
Nick
also
said
that
Presley"s
colon
was
5
to
6
inches
in
diameter
as
compared
to
a
normal
width
of
2
to
3
inches,
and
instead
of
being
the
4
to
5
feet
long,
his
colon
was
8
to
9
feet
in
length.