Elvis died alone in his Graceland bathroom

By October 1973, Elvis and Priscilla divorced and his problems with prescription drugs like barbiturates came to light. By the end of the year, he was hospitalized from the effects of Demerol addiction.

His rock star looks were lost as he became overweight and bloated. Some said he became a grotesque caricature of his sleek, energetic former self.

By the time he died, he was suffering from glaucoma, liver damage, high blood pressure, and an enlarged colon, each aggravated—and possibly caused—by drug abuse.

Elvis was scheduled to fly out of Memphis on the evening of August 16, 1977, to begin another tour. That afternoon, he was found unresponsive in his Graceland bathroom. He couldn't be revived and Elvis was pronounced dead at 3:30 in the afternoon.