In later years, Lamar Fike returned to Nashville to work as an assistant to record producer and label executive Jimmy Bowen, most notably during Bowen's tenure as the head of Capitol Records, 1989-1995. SO WHAT Update On Lamar Fike's Death. Finding strong reason to believe that Bob Lee Smith, Elviss maternal grandfather, may have married a first cousin, Goldman gravely informs his readers that genetics may explain why the children of Bob Lees brothers and sisters turned out well, whereas Bob and [his wife] Doll produced children who exhibited an abnormally high incidence of addiction to drugs and alcohol, emotional disorders and premature death. Goldman turns his tricks well. What Fike described as Elvis's "lure" did not work that night and, according to Wood, he behaved "like a true southern gentleman" and drove her home. If Elvis had hated Las Vegas performance so much he could have cut his overheads by passing on buying his own private aeroplane and giving Vegas a miss. People Most Recently Involved in a Crash; Report Name Age Person City/State Personal Injury Safety Device Date https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64537204/lamar-reilly-fike. And, Viva, you may be right. Hang on a second. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. In addition to James Fike, he is survived another son, John Fike, of Nashville, Tenn. A memorial service is set for Feb. 26 in Mart, a town about 25 miles east of Waco. publishing company until Presley's death in 1977. In 1963, Mr. Fike moved to Nashville to run the Hill and Range Publishing office. He remained by Presley's side up until the star's death in 1977.In later years, Lamar Fike returned to Nashville to work as an assistant to record producer and label executive Jimmy Bowen, most notably during Bowen's tenure as the head of Capitol Records, 1989 to 1995.Mr. What about Sam Thompson? And as I said before Elvis never had the rehab facilities that the current crop rely on. In 1934, in the year that Larry L Fike was born, on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great . Surely they meet the criteria. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. She. After hearing about Ben Fike's passing, many people looked up his obituary and death online. Totally colour-blind.". Let us not forgot that the Albert Goldman book was written by Albert Goldman. 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The purpose of the study was to affirm that the poor were poor because they were inferior, that social programs (for, say, the eradication of pellagraor rickets) were a waste of money, and that certain sectors of the American population had no place in society. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. If not racism, then eugenics. Never. From my point of view, the debate about Elvis, on the one hand, and the Memphis Mafia, on the other, has become wrongly polarised. To die at 42 had nothing to do with playing concerts over the last 7 years. Nevernever. Good riddence--anyone who collaborated on Albert Goldman's famous piece of trash will certainly not be missed. But it's very, very hard to get at a balanced view not least because we weren't there and are left trying to arrive at informed conclusions based on inconsistent information. Lamar Fike died from complications of lymphoma on January 21. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. But the significance of Goldmans book is not to be found in its collection of scandalsLamar Fikes memories, rumors, composite scenes, old stories fleshed out or simply repeated. They should have had the balls to say what they said in their many books to Elvis's face. Fike was born in Cleveland, Miss., on Nov. 11, 1935. Thanks, Lamar. Why on earth should EPE be obliged to pay for Lamar Fike's funeral? What remains for us fan is what we should focus on: the music the Memphis Flash left to enjoy forever. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Sam Phillips denies making the statement, believing (according to Keisker), that it implies he was only interested in money, when his ambition was equally to bring the two races and their music together. Lamar had been hospitalized since last October 14th and then transferred to the physical therapy . But, Larry, I think you have to go to the cause, not just the effect. LaMarr Hoyt, the 1983 American League Cy Young Award winner who helped the "Winning Ugly" White Sox capture the AL West that season, died Monday in Columbia, South Carolina, after a long illness, the Sox confirmed Wednesday. He worked for the King from 1957 to 1977 and even traveled to Germany with him in 1958. Lamar passed away very peacefully, Friday, January 21. Please reset your password. While most of Elvis is written in the voice of the hipster (theys many a crazy, likah drinkin pill-poppin countrah boy that kin get hissef jes as racked-up n ragged as the craziest coon on Beale Street), in the addled syntax of a person who dictates rather than writes (envying what is beyond one), or in the tones of a man who simply cant be bothered with decent language when the subject of that language is so obviously contemptible (What really bugged Elvis was that they could never find one of those trick cars, like they have in the circus), here Goldman slips easily into the simultaneously vague and definitive cadences of the social scientist. He continued in this capacity until 1972.He brought Presley such songs as "Kentucky Rain," "Indescribably Blue" and "It Hurts Me. Try again later. But when Elvis gave a woman a ring, it didn't mean a damn thing." The cause of Elvis' death on Aug. 16, 1977, remains an issue of speculation and controversy. Learn more about merges. That Elviss life represented a real American dilemma? As Goldman says, there is absolutely no poignance in this history.. Add photo. Search above to list available cemeteries. It may be a combination of the three and there may other factors. He also appeared in the documentaries The Elvis Mob (2004) and All the King's Men (1997). 1. for 59 weeks and 4 No. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.         Fike began working for him for no pay Elvis preferred to tip his entourage with flash cars or houses for their parents. Because his book will be the most widely read and widely consulted biography of Elvis Presley, his perversion of Sam Phillipss statement will replace the statement itself: it will be quoted in reviews, articles, among fans, and in other books, and it will defame the reputation of Sam Phillips. Elvis Presley's songs are unforgettable - they have stood the test of time, especially his singles of the 1950s, a decade in which he had a song at No. Lamar will be missed. Having already disposed of the Myth that Elvis absorbed, and transformedintegrated into his personal culturethe spirit of unfettered Pentecostalism, Goldman turns to the great question: How did Elvis learn to sing black?. Last October he was taken to the hospital with breathing difficulties. "Elvis told me he had the whole thing in control. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Lamar Reilly Buddha, Birdy Fike I found on Findagrave.com. Recently, it became known that before he died, Lamar had also spent several days with researchers L.E. But personally Ill never forgive you for the horrible Goldman book. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. It's a business, enterprise for goodness sakes. REST IN PEACE, LAMAR. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. after they'd been fired. It was Fike who introduced the rock'n'roll star to a 14-year-old girl called Priscilla Beaulieu, the singer's future wife and mother of his child, Lisa Marie Presley. He remained by Presley's side up until the star's death in 1977. But it broke a taboo: Elvis had big personnal problems " Something was rotten in the kingdom of Denmark". Forget that Elviss first records were rejected by white DJs as too bluesy and by black DJs as too countryforget that to people who knew Southern music, Elviss version sounded new. He first got to know him through Elvis's mother, Gladys, and it was she who told her son to trust their fellow Mississippian before she died in 1958, just as Elvis was conquering the world. (LogOut/ brilliance of Greil Marcus and Peter Guralnick, whose definitive two-part biographies on Elvis are the And from then on a constant stream of undermining & twisted facts were published & paraded by this man. Lamar Fike: That's one of the most important things that history has . Its so sad.. That in the last few months we have lost Myrna Smith, Sean (Shaun) Neilsen, and now Lamar Fike. Now after reading this i realise Goldmans book is really just trash and was so glad to read Marion Kiesker completely repudiate Goldmans perversion of the famous line as it was a low moment for me when i read it in the book. Elvis Presley and Lamar Fike at the carpark / observation lookout high above Hanauma Bay, Hawaii, May 1969. Black people apparently did not notice the absence. Pity Fike overlooked this basic rule of human decency regarding Elvis the majority of the "Facts" in Albert Goldman's repulsive "Elvis" book came from Fike. I learned a long time ago not to beleive everything you read or hear. He will then say that he is sorry that he cannot spend more time with them! Failed to delete memorial. Hello, isn't the conspiracy theory about Elvis being isolated, exploited and betrayed doing hima disservice? It has now been over a week since the passing of one of Elvis' oldest friends. Marty". Fike had been hospitalized for non-hodgkins lymphoma, on and off, since last October. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. It is probably like that with most public figures. But there is no point. After attending the Columbia Military Academy in Tennessee, graduating in 1954, Fike bumped into the young Elvis in Memphis before the latter burst onto the scene, and joined his entourage in 1957, by which time Elvis was already the hottest property in pop music. I read goldmans Elvis and i loved it even tho i was a fan of Elvis, then i read Guralnicks and i loved that as well. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Elvis has been dead 18 years now, but to hear these guys tell it, he's still hanging around, trying to take everybody with him. He is survived by two daughters Angie and Sheri Lacker of Memphis and one son Marc Lacker (Brenda Stoyka Lacker),. Those of us in the Memphis Mafia who remained his friend are greatly saddened by the loss of yet another member of our close group. May G-d Bless his Soul and may he Rest In Peace. Lamar Fike in hospital: Lamar Fike, member of the Memphis Mafia was hospitalised last year in October for lymphoma. Verify and try again. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Her . Goldman notes, for example, that it is a prime Presley Myth that Elvis took much of his style from free-wheelingPentecostal preachers. The literature suggests Elvis was an unfaithful husband, once punched Charlie Hodge, and had a liaison with a girlfriend of Jerry Schilling (sources: "Elvis and Me"; "Elvis and the Memphis Mafia"; the Guralnick biographies). Hello Viva, I don't think we do know for sure some of the key detail about what happened within the Presley camp because contradiction in fact and nuance is rife. Henry was a Beale Street promoter. Marion Keiske Who Discovered Elvis Presley? Lamar's wishes to be cremated will be carried out and the Brown, Owen, Brumley Funeral Home, Ft. Worth are handling his funeral. A memorial service will be held in Mart, Texas, one of Lamar's boyhood homes at a date to be announced.Lamar was 75, hewas born in Cleveland, Mississippi on November 11, 1935. It is not a competition. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. But the most authentic 5 seconds of interview I have ever seen with one of the Presley camp is in "This is Elvis". Were it not for the money behind the book and the consciousness of the book that money has produced, Goldmans Elvis would be little more than a 598-page attempt to prove that Albert Goldman is better than Elvis Presley, just as Goldmans earlier Ladies and Gentlemen, LENNY BRUCE!! He looks utterly forlorn. Third, there are Elviss own words. They were crazy about Presley., Henry and Williams are recounting events that took place well before Elvis showed his face at Sun Records, and well before an electronic prosthesis was grafted onto his voice. You want to bad mouth these people for what they have said in their books, why don't you look in your mirrors, these people you are writing about, when you have no clue what you are talking about have families too. I read her Goldmans version of Phillipss statement. What's with all these silly health comparisons? More and More of the "Elvis World" is leaving Us. Probably so, but it was the lifestyle of Elvis that killed him at such a young age. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Colin B, what's up with Al Strada and Larry Geller these days? Yes, perhaps Elvis didnt do enough concerts to kill him. Lamar Fike (1995): "Ginger didn't give a rat's ass about him. Elvis Birthday Elvis Born January 8, 1935. Ultimately they were all as bad as one another, none of them being of any real benefit to Elvis. The group of men, and one woman, became known as "The Memphis Mafia", not least because of their black mohair suits, sunglasses at night and black limos. [3] Elvis, he wasnt doing nothing but what the colored people had been doing for the last hundred years. + Plus Bonus DVD Audio. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Lamar Fike wishes to be cremated will be carried out and the Brown, Owen, Brumley Funeral Home, Ft.Worth are handling his funeral. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Lamar Fike (64537204)? Hello truthseeker1, some people have a need to take Elvis Presley the supreme singer and entertainer and morph him into Elvis Presley the supreme being. Fortis - Get a grip. In the immortal words of Alice from the old Honeymooners TV show, Blimp Takes Off. For instance, you write that Elvis was shedding those people he'd stopped regarding as friends. Secondly, perhaps Goldman took some truthful anecdotes from Lamar and made mischief in the way he wrote them up in his book; ok perhaps Lamar shouldn't have given him an interview but Goldman may have kept his agenda hidden.Thirdly, has anybody noticed the long list of people (eg, the Colonel, Priscilla, Red West, Ginger Alden, etc etc etc, ad infinitum) who have been accused of betrayal and financial rapacity? Thus he offers the litany, familiar to anyone with a passing knowledge of the literature on eugenics, of violence, convulsions, drink, birth defects, and homicidal madness, untilFinally one comes to Elvis, whom we see now as possibly the victim of a fatal hereditary disposition., Whatever that meansand of course outside of Goldmans intentions it means nothing at all. Cost something like $70,000. Year should not be greater than current year. Unfortunately he did not improve and was sent back to the hospital about a month ago. Lamar Fike passed away. I will not let anybody get backstage other than a close showbiz friend of his or a member of his family. just goes to show you how badly Elvis took care of himself , how many drugs he ingested, and basically gave up on life. On the other hand, he could have invited Steve as a VIP for one of his Vegas show. Regarding the issue of people not being given access to Elvis at times, it is possible that Elvis knew of this and was part of the game. Ben Fike Obituary. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? MONEY When Lamar Fike, for many years a member of the Memphis Mafia, Elvis Presley's stable of paid friends and gofers, decided to sell his story, he spawned a small industry. Man, I am getting scared: it seems that Elvis wants them all up there, ASAP..!?!? Martin J. Marty Lacker peacefully passed Monday, February 13, 2017 of natural causes. The statement is simple and elegant. I dont believe Sam ever used that word in his life, and he certainly never used it to me.. If I could find a white boy who sang like a nigger, Goldman has Sam Phillips say, I could make a billion dollars.. Thankfully that failed to happen, largely because of Marcuss magnificent demolition of Goldmans hateful hack job. The cause of death has not been determined, but Seminole County authorities said it was not suspicious. Second (as Goldman himself will claim when he needs to find roots for Elviss later interest in spiritualism), the Presleys attended tent meetings and traveling revivals, where the preaching was often far wilder than in a settled church. Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA. Fike was turned down because of his weight (the reason the singer nicknamed him "Buddha"), but he followed Presley to Germany. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Not even Elvis. "When I found out their relationship was more than just necking, I was afraid we were all going to prison without a trial," Fike recalled. Please try again later. I liked him, and its sad that he is gone. I wonder what would have happened had Elvis lived instead. Cause of Death: Lung Cancer Marty Lacker - died 13th February, 2017, aged 80. I have the unfortunate task of officially sadly announcing the passing of Lamar Fike as authorized by his cousin Tommy McDonald who was very close to Lamar and was with him daily in his hospital room in Arlington,Texas. I always enjoyed seeing Lamar Fike speaking about Elvis, he was a straight talking, no BS type of person. Officially, Elvis' death--at age 42--was attributed to "cardiac arrhythmia" brought on by an irregular heartbeat caused by "undetermined causes." In initial interviews, Elvis' personal. The preachers cut up all over the place, jumping on the piano, moving every which way, Elvis told an interviewer in the mid-fifties. Fike was 75 years old. Obituary. It is Goldmans purpose to entirely discredit Elvis Presley, the culture that produced him, and the culture he helped createto altogether dismiss and condemn, in other words, not just Elvis Presley, but the white working-class South from which he came, and the pop world which emerged in his wake. As for the comment "Elvis had no one around him he didn't want around", well towards the end of his life it is clear that Elvis was getting rid of most of the crew and it appears he was realising who his friends actually were. Springsteen, Mccartney, Elton, Jagger may well tour and perform into their 80s, but their schedules have NEVER been as punishing as Elvis's was (a thousand concerts in seven years as opposed to a grand tour every four years?). Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Cause of death Unknown. Lamar Fike was born in 1935 in Cleveland, Mississippi, by the side of Route 61, which runs north-south through the entire country, including past the Duluth birthplace of Bob Dylan, who preferred to call it Highway 61. A system error has occurred. Lamar was also very close to Elvis' mother. Fike spent much of his boyhood in the small town of Mart, Texas, close to Waco, before his family moved, as Elvis's did, to Memphis, Tennessee, to seek work when he was a teenager. Try again later. Did it contribute? He jeopardised the security and happiness of them all by lapsing into drug abuse. We finally talked her back in.". His fate was the most ignoble of all, he became Thanks for your help! I know that Marty once said that he was almost as bad as Elvis. That is why Linda left. When it comes to the unrehearsed, small-combo rockabilly blues of the 1968 comeback TV specialcertainly the most mature and passionate music Elvis ever made, and very likely the best music he ever madeGoldman writes it off as not even worth consideration as a document, reserving his praise instead for the shlocky Broadway arrangements that made the rest of the show so conventional. Goddards Kallikak family functioned as a primal myth of the eugenics movement for several decades, Stephen J. Gould writes in The Mismeasure of Man. I went to Columbia Military Academy and gradusted in 1954. press conference. Understandably, the poverty of his youth affected his career choices. After Elvis died, there were a number of doctors that said that they had experienced much more drugs in different bodies, where people had survived. Maybe there's such a residue of ill-feeling, sus[picion and unhappiness following Elvis's death because his behaviour was hugely damaging to the people around him and the relationships between them. Who got betrayed? He was 75.Fike, who was suffering from non-Hodgkin's . McCullough (Author), Harold F. Eggers (Author) 143 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $9.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback Try again later. Never before have we seen an Elvis Presley concert from the 1950's with sound. I saw two honest books, one who had no respect for his subject and was not in awe of him and the other who was more sympathetic to a flawed genius. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Welcome To Elvis Presley's World 44.6K subscribers Subscribe 12K views 1 year ago There is someone is going around saying they r. Elvis, Elvis Presley and Graceland are trademarks of Elvis Presley Enterprises. It doesnt tell what happened to them, but it lists some info & their nicknames. He will meet fans after the show to sign autographs but he does not want to stand there chatting to them for hours on end. Larry King: Marty, did you ever say to him, Elvis, you're gaining a lot of weight, . "He treated everybody equal. It was Fike, too, who had introduced Presley to a girl called Anita Wood, whom the singer dated for five years until 1958 and who Elvis's mother hoped would be her daughter-in-law. The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. Lamar passed away very peacefully, Friday, January 21. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Lamar's gone now so, please, respect for the dead, ladies and gentlemen. I always liked Lamar and enjoyed hearing his stories about Elvis. I'm so sorry to hear this. Those of us in the Memphis Mafia who remained his friend are greatly saddened by the loss of yet another member of our close group. Lamar passed away very peacefully, Friday, January 21. For an out of shape guy like Lamar to outlive him by 34 years is astounding. Or, as Fike put it, "his buffer zone.". And Elvis Presley was a real genius. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Goddard bolstered his researchhe could ascertain a persons level of imbecility by a glance or by hearsaywith faked photographs. B. Fike always insisted that Priscilla's father cornered Elvis into marrying Priscilla. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Elvis had noone around him he didn't want around so he obviously wanted Lamar around along with the rest of them.you are the people that take Lisa and Priscilla's word on everything, you have all forgotten that he divorced her and that Lisa was only nine when her father died, all she really knows about his business is what she has been told. (Though Goldman claims to have based his book on more than six hundred interviews, neither he nor his researchers ever spoke to either Keisker or Phillips.) Goldman presents himself as a hipster (in fact he is a hippie, in the fifties meaning of the term: one whose only interest is to appear hipper than anyone else in the room), and perhaps to the hipster, who alone comprehends the primal genius of the black man, all non-hipster ofays are racists, but Sam Phillips was one of the great pioneers of racial decency in this century. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in, Lamar Fike: Member of Elvis Presley's famed inner circle, the Memphis, Extra 10% off shoes & dresses with this boohoo discount code, Up to 30% off + free delivery with Nike promo codes for members, Extra 20% off selected fashion and sportswear at Very, Get up to 10% off using the Booking.com app, Compare broadband packages side by side to find the best deal for you, Compare cheap broadband deals from providers with fastest speed in your area, All you need to know about fibre broadband, Best Apple iPhone Deals in the UK April 2023, Compare iPhone contract deals and get the best offer this April, Compare the best mobile phone deals from the top networks and brands. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Home - Elvis Presley Photos | Elvis Presley and Friends, Copyright 2022 by www.elvis.com.au & www.elvispresley.com.au, https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/news/lamar-fike-has-died.shtml. January 21 2011 , a Sad Sad Day. What about a couple of the other Smith cousins who were around in the early days? DALLAS - Lamar Fike, a member of Elvis Presley's famed inner circle called the "Memphis Mafia" who had a long career in the music industry, has died.

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