A
few
thousand
Elvis
Presley
fans
filed
silently
by
his
grave
at
a
vigil
at
Graceland,
marking
a
total
of
33
years
of
the
death
of
'The
King".Elvis" admirers
from
all
around
the
world
descended
on
the
star"s
former
home
Sunday
night
to
attend
an
annual
candlelight
vigil
and
procession
that
rolled
on
to
the
Monday
morning.
Presley
had
an
untimely
demise
at
an
age
of
42
at
his
Graceland
mansion
on
the
16th
of
August
in
the
year
1977.
From
the
next
year
onwards,
memorials
started
off.
Popular
Elvis
ballads
like
"If
I
Can
Dream" and
"Fools
Rush
In"
were
played
as
participants
gravely
filed
in
through
the
Graceland
gates.
Both
flowers
and
photos
lined
the
entry
to
the
site
of
the
grave,
which
also
happens
to
be
the
resting
place
of
Vernon
Presley,
Presley"s
father.
This
is
also
the
place
where
the
King"s
mother
Gladys,
and
grandmother
Minnie
Mae,
were
buried.
There
were
a
few
fans
who
also
wiped
tears,
as
they
walked
past
the
grave.
It
seemed
that
the
day"s
high
amount
of
heat
and
humidity
didn"t
matter
to
the
fans
at
all.
Thomas
Hollis,
52,
an
Elvis
fan
who
attended
the
vigil
revealed
that
he
and
his
wife
have
been
coming
here
for
several
years.
This
year
was
Thomas"s
sixth
Elvis
vigil
and
the
first
ever
without
his
wife,
who
passed
away
in
May.