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Find a Grave
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Tom “Colonel Tom” Parker (1909-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12166/tom-parker: accessed ), memorial page for Tom “Colonel Tom” Parker (26 Jun 1909–21 Jan 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12166; Maintained by Find a Grave.
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Elvis Presley
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Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's Manager, Dead at 87 | Elvis News
January 22, 1997 - 'All of us here at the Las Vegas Hilton and in the Hilton Hotels Corp. family are deeply touched and saddened by the death of Col. Tom Parker', Las Vegas Hilton President Gary Gregg said in a written statement'. For more than 25 years, the colonel was a key figure behind much of the worldwide entertainment success of the Las Vegas Hilton.
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Colonel Tom Parker at Elvis's grave. Circa 1985.
F*** that guy More on reddit.com
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Thoughts on Colonel Tom Parker?
I think he’s a bully who should’ve let Elvis go on the international tour! He himself couldn’t go on tour but he could’ve sent someone else with Elvis to babysit! He trusted Elvis’ dad already, send him along to handle the business/finance stuff, they have phones so The Colonel could’ve checked in on Elvis that way! Elvis asked for ONE thing in the many years he did everything The Colonel told him to do, and he said no… that’s not right whatsoever! More on reddit.com
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Whatever happened to the Colonel?
He did indeed get married but he had no children whatsoever, he continued his gambling addiction with the money he had after Elvis's death, he continued to live and worked in Las Vegas until he died in 1997 from a stroke at age 87. He continued to get and make money from Elvis's estate, he received $2 million dollars for all of the Elvis audio recordings and images he owns. So sadly he continued to use and use Elvis' money as gambling money even after Elvis' death, and Elvis never got to know who Tom parker really is even before dying or anytime in his life. More on reddit.com
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What are your opinions on Tom Hanks performance as Colonel Tom Parker
Anyone remember Harold Zidler from Moulin Rouge? It was basically just that, but with Tom Hanks. It was very in line with Baz’s style of storytelling. Also, remember that the vast majority of the film is taking place within a drug-induced end-of-life hallucination by Parker, who in real life always viewed himself as a larger than life character and a bit of a jokester. Look up the Snowman’s League of America, Colonel Parker’s movie coats, Colonel Parker as Santa Claus, Colonel Parker wearing Elvis’s wig from Kissin Cousins, Colonel Parker wearing a sombrero… Parker was endlessly goofy and kind of over the top in real life. More on reddit.com
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Quora
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If Elvis was so great, then why was he buried in the backyard like someone’s dead pet hamster? - Quora
Answer (1 of 11): Elvis was originally buried in a mausoleum in Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis. The same cemetery where his mother was buried but an attempt to steal his body and hold it for ransom was foiled.
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Find a Grave
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Colonel Thomas Swift Parker (1817-1886) - Memorials
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Reddit
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r/Elvis on Reddit: Colonel Tom Parker at Elvis's grave. Circa 1985.
March 8, 2022 - Parker has no right to come Elvis' grave that pieces of sh*t! ... Colonel Tom Parker gives a media tour on the opening day of tours of Elvis' Presley's 30th-floor suite at the Las Vegas Hilton in 1987.
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The Sun
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Where is Colonel Tom Parker's grave and when did he die?
February 28, 2023 - Colonel Tom Parker’s funeral was held at the Hilton Hotel and was attended by a handful of friends and former associates, including Priscilla Presley, Eddy Arnold and Sam Phillips.
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TikTok
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Colonel Parker Gravesite
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YouTube
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Where Colonel Tom Parker Was Laid To Rest. - YouTube
I found a small memorial dedicated to Elvis Presley's manager. Coronel Tom Parker lived out his remaining years in The Spanish Oaks community of Las Vegas Ne...
Published   March 26, 2023
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Tampa Bay Times
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Tampa pet cemetery has odd Elvis connection, thank ya very much
June 17, 2020 - A weathered headstone sits among several others at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay's historical pet cemetery in Tampa on July 18. The cemetery was started by Elvis Presley's manager known as Colonel Tom Parker, who was a dog catcher for what ...
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Daily Mail
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The Elvis theory that changes everything - instead of driving The King to a drug-addled grave, was The Colonel actually trying to save him? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS presents the extraordinary new evidence that Tom Parker kept Elvis working... to keep him alive | Daily Mail Online
December 16, 2023 - Greg McDonald's privileged position inside the Presley court not only earned him a small fortune but gave him an opportunity to learn negotiation and money-spinning tricks from the most brazen shark in the business. (Above) Elvis and Tom 'The Colonel' Parker
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Pinterest
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Elvis International Hotel 1969
October 9, 2016 - Elvis and his manager Colonel Tom Parker are pictured in front of the Hotel Roosevelt in Jacksonville, FL on Friday, February 24, 1956. Elvis was in town for two concerts at the Baseball Park (renamed Wolfson Park) on the 23rd and 24th. The Colonel was using the Hotel Roosevelt as his headquarters.
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Elvis Australia
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Colonel Tom Parker | Elvis Presley's Manager
A master illusionist in business and in the business of life, Tom Parker made things appear and disappear at will, and created something very great out of nothing - including himself. Out of respect for that, if nothing else, I went back to say good-bye. The giant marquee outside the Las Vegas Hilton was both sweet and succinct (FAREWELL, COLONEL PARKER), but not everybody knew what it meant.
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Graceland
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Blog | Graceland
February 5, 2016 - View the Graceland blog, where you can take Elvis-inspired quizzes, get first-looks on events here at Graceland, and how-to guides on Elvis information.
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Smithsonian Magazine
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Colonel Parker Managed Elvis’ Career, but Was He a Killer on the Lam?
August 3, 2023 - So far as the wider world knew, the Colonel was Thomas Andrew Parker, born in Huntingdon, West Virginia, some time shortly after 1900. He had toured with carnivals, worked with elephants and managed a palm-reading booth before finding his feet in the early 1950s as a music promoter. Had anyone taken the trouble to inquire, however, they would have discovered that there was no record of the birth of any Thomas Parker in Huntingdon. They might also have discovered that Tom Parker had never held a U.S.
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New Netherland Institute
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Colonel Tom Parker :: New Netherland Institute
Although there have been several stories written about Parker, and about Parker and Elvis, the full story of Colonel Parker has never been revealed. The Colonel Parker story apparently went down in the grave with him when he died. Several books have been written about the Colonel Parker phenomena, but none apparently has the full or real story.
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Find a Grave
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Col Tom Solomon Parker (1918-2000) - Find a Grave Memorial
Find a Grave, database and images ... 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60766258, citing National Memorial Cemetery at Quantico, Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by John Evans (contributor 470719...
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Quora
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Did Tom Parker sell all of Elvis's music? Why did someone dig up his grave? - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): PARKER did sell Elvis's catalogue..he sold them. Without Elvis knowing he had done it..he needed to pay the vegas casino a huge gambling debt he had clocked up…he sold the catalogue in 1974 with 1000 master recordings for 5.4 million dollars to RCA ..it was said it was worth 5 ti...
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Elvis Presley
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A New Light On Colonel Tom Parker | Elvis Articles
In the course of my research I received a letter from the Dutch Department of the Interior confirming that the person registered under the name of Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk was a Dutch citizen from his birth until the day he passed away. So Parker lived in America as a Dutchman. Legally. Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley.