Lisa Marie was shepherded out by Ginger who closed the bathroom door, with Lisa Marie saying, “Something’s wrong with my daddy and I’m going to find out.”

The ambulance arrived and the attendants later recorded there were no visible signs of life before loading Elvis into the vehicle.

Elvis’ personal physician Dr Nichopolous arrived and crashed his car into the gates, before leaping out and climbing into the ambulance where he tried to revive Elvis on the seven-minute journey to the hospital. 

The ambulance arrived at Baptist Memorial Hospital at 2:55pm, just 22 minutes after the initial call was made from the house.

Elvis was taken into Trauma Room No1 and final efforts were made to resuscitate the star, to no avail. Time of death was called at 3.30pm.

Dr Nick rushed back to Graceland to tell Vernon the terrible news before the media were informed. At 4pm a brokenhearted Vernon stood on the steps outside Graceland and told the gathered media and the world that his son was gone.