“He was the most breathtaking man I believe God ever created.” Those were the words Linda Thompson once used when remembering the first time she truly looked at Elvis Presley up close. By the early 1970s she already knew who he was, just like the rest of the world. She had seen the photographs, the television appearances, and the magazine covers that had made him an international icon. But none of that prepared her for the moment she met him in person. She later said that his presence seemed almost unreal, as if the photographs had only captured a shadow of the man standing before her.
“He was the most breathtaking man I believe God ever created.” Those were the words Linda Thompson once used when remembering the first time she truly looked at Elvis Presley…