Sweet Memories Of My Friend Elvis Part 2- Marilyn Demeter Interview
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- Marilyn Demeter first met Elvis after one of his concerts in 1955 in Texas.
She became friends with him and then Colonel Parker's assistant Tom Diskin asked her to run a Fan Club. She spent time on Elvis movie sets during the 60's
Her friendship with Elvis endured through the years and when she was working for MCA/Universal she presented Elvis with the script for his final feature film. In this interview she shares her memories of Elvis with me.
Part 2 picks up the story as Elvis returns to Live performances at the International Hotel,Las Vegas.
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Love Elvis, then, now, forever. I will never believe the awful things that people say about him. Bless his heart.
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Steve, Marilyn was a nice lady, I enjoyed pt.2 her stories about her times she spent with ELVIS! Parker wanted nobody to get close to Elvis to give him new music or influence Elvis in anyway to break away from Parker. I wish he would’ve known about him being an illegal , if he knew Elvis would have went to Japan, UK, and other countries because he was world known! He could’ve been so much more than we will ever know ! Elvis WAS NOT AN ADDICT HE HAD TOHAVE THE MEDICATION TO HELP HIM WITH HIS PAIN!!!!! So people need to stop with saying he overdosed on drugs, HE DIDN’T!!!! Keep up the great work and interviews they are great!!!!
Agree and i didn't believe that he Has committed suicide. He died of a heart attack right, but I'm not sure if it was an accident or a murder!
Thank you Steve and all for your kind & consoling words regarding the loss of my Beloved Granddaughter. Everyone stay well and safe.
Blessings to Deb as well .
Hi Mary,
So so sorry to hear about the loss of your granddaughter on Steve's pod cast last night. Stay safe Mary and god bless xxx 💝
I wish I could have met Elvis Presley I love him so much I'm a very big fan off the king👑
Thank you for liking my comment love you Elvis for ever and ever 💓💓💓
What a sweet, genuine lady.
I guess it was a blessing knowing Elvis.
Gosh Steve, this lady has nothing but the utmost, love, admiration and respect for her dear friend Elvis.
You can hear the hurt in her voice when she talks about people who try to besmirch his character, its so refreshing to hear from people like her, defending his integrity and dignity unashamedly.
Thanks Steve.
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Lucky lady having met Elvis and being around him 😍
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Lovely lady Great interwiev thank yuo so much Steve.
Wonderful two part interview. Very interesting stories & one can tell how dear Elvis was to both she & her husband. Loved the Hungarian story. A typical story of how kind he was without bragging. Thanks again for a great interview. ❤️👍🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🎸
Marilyn is a delightful lady and your interview was excellent! Thanks Steve!
Thanks for your kind comments and support of the channel Dot ❤️
They should be shame for writing a book like they did. Elvis Presley was so good to his people he loved everyone of them and they would do that to him.
Steve,
Your interviews are gracious and warm with attentive hospitality in both the questions and the comments.
Your time and efforts are deeply appreciated 💛
Thank you, Steve, for a wonderful interview! 😊
And thank you very much, Marilyn, for such kind and heartfelt words about Elvis and all the best for you!
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And wherever you are now - Thank you very much, Elvis Presley - and through all Eternity ❤
Beautiful two part interview you had with Marilyn Demeter, Steve. It was very interesting to listen to and the accompanying video clips complements the interview well. I love the down to earth honesty and supportiveness towards Elvis from Marilyn Demeter.
Thanks Helen
Thank you. Steve for your great channel! There will always be those that want to tear his legacy apart. We as fans.must right all the wrongs that keep spreading about him. Maybe it's time fo. Priscilla to write another book to correct some of her fabrication in her her book. Elvis wasn't a saint but he wa not the devil either!! Stay safe !!!!!!!
Thanks Harry
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I am so Glad She and Elvis had a platonic/ working Relationship. It worked out so well for them.
Nice interview. "So, you're the truck driver...." I bet the room stopped when he said that!
Lovely interview, loved the part when the man says " don't thank me, thank Elvis Presley" !
I love these stories because I always loved EP from the time I was 5 to this day. So listening to these. Stories help me to feel closer to the man and his life. I was never fortunate enough to get to see him live in concert..
Hi Steve,
Loved this two part interview with Marilyn. She’s so Nice and Kind to share her Elvis memories with us❤️
Thank you Steve and Marilyn❤️❤️
Stay safe and God Bless you both xx
Thanks Jennifer
We should all help others if we can the way Elvis. I’ll never forget the one the mafia guys told about the old black lady with no legs. Elvis got her a electric wheelchair and they took it to her home. When they left her house, someone with them said Elvis I don’t think she knew who you were. He said it doesn’t matter. She knows someone cares.
He found out BJ THOMAS NEEDED a buss. He called JD Sumner help me find a buss for them. JD knee who to call. So he found one. Elvis gave him a. Blank check. So he got it and brought it back to Graceland.
Then JD and Elvis took it to BJs house. Told him here’s the keys. It’s fir you all. Come see if you like it.
Hi Steve, I really enjoyed them thanks so much x
Hope you are OK Chris
Enjoyed hearing from this woman. I agree with her views on the labels pinned on him, books written and find it pathetic that we know details about things that we have no business knowing. Fame should not be an automatic open door to very private details or being dissected like this man is.
Labels, conjecture, never ending, always changing and embellished stories are endless when it comes to him.
I care about his generosity, humble demeanor and all he accomplished in his very short life. More than myself or most could do in 10 lifetimes. Vicki
Hi Richard,
I totally agree 👍 with everything you have said.
I enjoyed the interview very much but it also made me feel so sad for Elvis bless him. Take care Richard xxx 💝
People jus use Elvis as a CASH COW TO MAKE MONEY! It’s sad to see people taking cheap shots at him in interviews, books, documentaries, he was so generous sharing his wealth with his friends and people he didn’t even know, but he was from a poor humble home. His mama raised him to be thoughtful of everyone’s feelings and to LOVE ❤️ GOD!!!
Well said Vicki....
@@susyq810 Hey Susie, hope you and your family are well. Vicki
@@richardeidemiller6739 hi Vicki....I always enjoy reading your opinions...Interesting
and sad the way someone can accomplish many good things in a lifetime but
the focus is on their
personal issues or other problems in their life. I wonder how people who point out others problems would feel if the focus was on their life and problems to be publicly exposed.
The World loves Elvis! Enough said!
What a lovely lady !
She is a sweet lady. Just hearing her talk, tells you that. To have Elvis as a friend would of been great. He seemed so easy to talk to. From interviews Elvis was so down to earth. Like a child at heart sometimes. Joking around and laughing. Thank you for sharing with us. A fan for life. Long live Elvis!
Hi Steve,
What a great interview Steve. It also made me feel sad. It was so interesting, what a lovely lady.
Thank you once again Steve. Take care xxx 💝
You too Karen
Hi karen!🙋 I love your picture....lovely. Our
wonderful Elvis....sweet memories from a dear
true friend....thank you Steve and Marilyn🌻💞
@@susyq810 hi Susy, that's kind of you to say about my picture. My hair has grown now after operation so I thought I'd celebrate 🎉 by changing my picture ha ha. You are such a lovely lady Susy, full of compassion for others and a little bit crazy 🤪 too like me ha ha xxx 💝
@@karentranter7806 hi Karen thank you for
your kind words...🤗even the ones about me being a bit crazy( ha!) You are right....I am a bit " off"..
I. also appreciate that you
are so supportive of
the different people
discovering "our Elvis".
You are a special lady and I hope each day finds you feeling stronger .....💪🌻☀🌈
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Steve you did an Awesome interview
Thanks Dean
Still have to listen to some ELVIS every day....if its early.. Sun record years, if late..Vegas years...But all good ,bless his soul👑🎼🎸🕊We Still love you ELVIS...every day😀🤙
Yep I listen to him every day
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I enjoy this very much 👍❤ Thank you Marilyn for sharing precious memories of Elvis 😊
When Roy Hamilton had his stroke Elvis sent him flowers until he died. He also sent a rose every week to Roy's mother for 6 mos. after he died. Before Roy's stroke Elvis gave Roy a song that he (Elvis) was going to record. Elvis thought surely it would be a. #1hit but sadly it didn't climb up the charts. Everybody was wrapped up in the British invasion by that time and weren't into ballads by then.
The song was 'Angelica" It's available on CZcams
Thanks Steve. A real good, nice interview. Lovely lady, good info. Another look inside his world.
Lovely interview, thank you Marilyn, you do Elvis proud my friend ❤
Really enjoyed the interview very interesting. Thank yoy.
Thank You so much...this was so enjoying... I laughed so much. This lady is wonderful !!!
Really enjoyed that Steve. Fantastic lady
Thanks Max
Thank you for the great interview with my friend Marilyn, Steve it's very interesting.
Thank you Steve for a lovely interview with Marilyn she had some great story’s to tell of her time with Elvis And some not know fact that I never knew about
Love you channel TCB forever
what a fantastic video steve thank you and to marilyn for her great stories about a great man
Elvis lost about 10 lbs of water weight each show.He drank Gatorade to maintain his electrolyte balance.After each show his adrenaline was so high that he could not sleep..so he took sleep meds.Elvis said the music just kept pounding in his brain.He had to have about 8 hrs sleep he said to perform well.And to be fully awake, he took dexedrine which was not considered addictive in the sixties and seventies.People judging him for that..well everyone im America or half of it were taking dexedrine. At times on stage he was not completely awake because the sleep meds had not worn off..not due to any drug he unneedlessly took. He discusses why he did not have colon surgery..likely would have to wear a bag forever.That is not part of his image he wanted. So he tried medicatio therapy instead..Kathy Westmoreland said he needed the drugs to live.A doctor friend of Elvis said to control his pain, he needed stronger meds than what he was taking.Also steroids destroyed his back.Fans need to lighten up about Elvis.He did what he could to survive and please us by performing. In my opinion , MJ fans keep the ped...ile lie going to detract from what MJ did.They deny MJ was ever one and get fighting mad aboutt it MJ settled out of court with his child accuser.The FBI raided his hoise and got lots of evidence. But it is good Elvis that takes the blame..It is like look at this shiny object over here. Let us accuse Elvis. It is .called bait and switch.Every Elvis fan , to keep his legacy alive, has to discredit all the lies about him.And yes, Elvis died from a heart attack.I believe the autopsy report.
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Goodman yes
DO NOT tie elvis to any political group. DO NOT. Elvis didnt do it when he was alive, and didn't want that. Don't do it. If anybody does, it always ends up bad. Leave him neutral like he wanted so that like he said everyone can enjoy him.
You are right, never heard him talk about politics!!
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Thanks Steve for this great interview. Marilyn sounds like a wonderful lady thank you Marilyn for trying straightened the records out for us Elvis fan. It appreciate by me.
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It was jerry weintraub. Charles Stone worked for weintraub.
Elvis was introduced to drugs around 1957,and became regular user to heavily addiction later. his Daly routine and life style was shaped to support his drug habit. And most of the health issues he suffered including depression was the result of prolonged drug use.
So True!! Wasn't easy being
🌟ELVIS🌟....Fortunately it never ruined his voice...just shortened his life but that's to be expected when a star burns & shines so VERY bright🔥⚡TCB⚡...In a FLASH...🤙
How do you explain his mother and 2 uncles who suffered from the same health issues? Most of his ailments were genetic which he inherited from his mother
Steve, as you recall, Charles Stone said Wimbleton had already been booked for a UK tour.Elvis said he did not care if the show receipts would not be adequate to pay show, tour expenses he wanted UK fans to see him and if needed he just would do repeat shows because the seating capacity was not adequate.Another thing, Elvis shrugged off the statement that his bags would be searched for guns and drugs because he did not have a problem with his bag being searched.
I think you mean Wembley not Wimbledon?
@@Elvisultimatefanchannel Yes forgive me. Sometimes, like Elvis said, my wires are not straight.
Aunt Lois Smith wrote: "The Forgotten Family of Elvis Presley"... All she was paid was $50.00... her story made $ millions around the 🌎 world🌍. Me and Congressman Richard Baker tried to help her...to NO AVAIL.
Also when reading guralnick's book, elvis' 1st gf was when he was 19 and he didn't sleep with his 1st 2 gfs. He also was very sheltered and had not spent a night away from his parents until he turned 19. Also back then you were a minor until you were 20. I think priscilla has done a lot of damage by writing her book
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In the mid 60’s men were about 10 years older than their betrothed as they needed to earn a living. I was 9 years younger than my husband in 1966. Especially in Europe the men were allowed to sew their oats but women had to be virgins.
Great interview
Actually just the opposite , you do not feel his presence in that house at all, I stood there in the pool room and I said he's not here, this house feels empty..
Maybe because the house has been violated so many times over and all these strange people running through it..
His spirit left
His heart was not working right we know more today than we knew in 1977
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It was jerry weintraub and that’s where Charles stone started out working for him. Then he left there to go to parker.
Thankyou both. Lovely interview
Thanks Christine
Are you worried about the bio pic Steve? I think I would have to walk out if its all good ol Col Tom and Elvis is being made out to be whatever.... I understand P and Col wife were " advisors" which scares me given some of the things written in Elvis and Me
@@christinegardner511 I'm not sure what to expect 🙄
I still have that damn newspaper today!
Great Interview again! Loved it!
Thank you Dear ❤️
I worry about the bio pic... re the young priscilla etc etc and the so called drugs... how this will be showcased... i hope truely not sensationalising it.
Being medical trained, I can tell you what I believe happened. Pushing down hit the Vegas Nerve that would cause an immediate drop in BP. A violent jolt would knock him down. ( severe muscle spasms from calcium ions) I HAVE SEEN THIS. Fast and violent. He must have known for about a minute before going unconscious. Thank God the suffering is very short but left me shaken to see it and NOTHING you can do.
Jerry weintraub was also involved with led zep , there was a time i was goin to see elvis but a new music paper came out it wS called ROCKSTAR it announced elvis coming to Britain so i opted to buy a new motorcycle to get to work on .
It mentioned Jerry weintraub so i believed it.
It was Jerry Weintraub, not stein
Correct..slip of the tongue Thanks
Elvis looked older than me and I’m just a normal 56 year old. From personal experience I find it hard to believe that pain pills age a person so quickly. Had to be illnesses that he needed meds for. Unless he killed his liver or Kidneys with years of heavy pill abuse. I just can’t get over his aging in the end.
100% Hellywood make-up!
@@jillmansfield3843 Elvis was swollen
@@jillmansfield3843 Agree genetically Elvis had a face younger than his age in recent days he looked sick but older never. And as a woman I say without any prejudice he was still very handsome .
I really doubt it. Elvis cleary looked sick and bloated towards the end but he did not look older than 56. He had minimal wrinkles before and after the bloating
Did Marilyn actually advocate you joining BLM or did I mishear?
Elvis wasnt told he couldnt go it didnt have anything to do with the Colonel. The Colonel wzs worried about the meds Elvis was taking that they couldnt get him through customs.
Again she is wrong Elvis took pain meds because he hurt s ol bad. In order to keep up with the physical shows he had to take them.
Regarding his weight, he weighed about 190 when he died. Everybody always talks about how physically fit he looked in the 68 special.Elvis talked about what little he could eat because the movies wanted him to weigh 165 lbs..well he did on a starvation diet of 500 calories.Elvis was six feet tall and had shoulders like a linebacker.165 lbs was not normal for a man of his size..and he was not physically fit.He was malnourished and skinny.He weighed 180 to 190 upon leaving the army.He was slim but his body was filled out.That was physically fit. In Change of Habit he is so skinny, his pants look like they would fall off. Too much unrealistic perfection was expected of Elvis im so many things he did.Imagine having to live under so much scrutiny.
You say nice. I always thought Elvis was underweight for a long time in the '60s because of his appearance in movies even on 68 scb he looked very thin! I think as much as being overweight is bad for your health being underweight is just as dangerous. Elvis was tall and that overweight in recent years did not make him obese and in the case of colon surgery if he did he might never be able to perform again. I do not think he necessarily took the medicine to get high or something he needed many of them to survive.
@@rosehoary8906 Right Rose. He is a six foot man, a mature adult, weighing 160 lbs durirg his 68 special. Yes, he looked great but he was so skinny that he would not take off his shirt at the beach or to go swimming. He never was fat. People talk about how great of shape he was in in that black leather. I think he likely was his best shape in 1960 to 1962..just out of the army where he trained hard every day. Most if his life he had 42 inch soulders , 42 inch chest and a thirty inch waist. That was a natural size an easy for him to maintain through his army years. When he got older he dieted on 500 calorie a day..not enough nutrition to feed a rabbit.
@@margarettaylor8107 I think Elvis's body shape was such that if he was overweight it would thicken around his waist abdomen and face which would make him look fatter than he was. Although a weight of 170 pounds is great for someone his height he could go up to 190 pounds. There is no doubt that he was overweight but he seemed more bloated probably because of the type of medicine he was taking. Although as an artist in the entertainment industry being fit is an important factor. from a health point of view it was better for him to have a better weight also when you love someone and you want to see him in the best possible way. Anyway I think he still looked more handsome and younger than many of his peers.
@@rosehoary8906 Yes, he stayed extra thin because of his business. He did bloat as far back as 1967.. Priscilla talks about his swollen hands. How many entertainers get their weight focused on like Elvis? Michael Jackson? Nobody focuseds on how much he weighed especially on his deathbed. He was a skeletan at 112 lbs. What about all thise nose surgeries turning into a real life protaganist freak flr his Thriller video? What about his oxygen chambers and his turning whiter than white people? What about how skinny and ugly John Lenon was? Nope, it is just Elvis that people critize so much. I think Elvis was gorgeous at every weight. Besides, he had that magnetic personality no one else ecmver had. His girlfriend Mindi Miller said he looked so handsome when she viewed him.Ginger Alden was overwhelmed with his gorgeousness. He was in poor health. The worst thing is I believe he suffered many days due to ill health. I wish I could undohis illnesses but I cannot
@@margarettaylor8107 That's right, I think a lot of the judgments that can be made about Elvis were made in the first place by those who were close to Elvis. Although many of they lived with him each of them has different views on similar issues! While some talk about the existence of several different diseases that Elvis had, others deny that he's any disease at all. Some emphasize the need for Elvis to take certain medications for survival and treatment, while others see him as dependent only on those medications. Some even consider him handsome inside the coffin and some consider him a caricature of what he was before and many other dichotomies in different cases .... Really even today you do not know what to believe, I look at Elvis I know he had stress and physical problems, but I'm not sure the exact cause of those problems is what others have said over the years.There are a lot of contradictory words and lies about Elvis out there. For me Elvis is not like any of those imaginations he is a sensitive intelligent thoughtful man beautiful and completely natural.
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Dont believe that was a true picture of Elvis in the casket I have had a few people text me who viewed the body.
Well the people closest to him, his cousin Billy being the closest said it is and I believe him before anybody else. He also said the people propagating that Elvis is alive is very hurtful to the family and he wished they'd stop#
@@sandralybrand9407 But you know Billy admitted he was kidding around about a story of Ekvis being alive I seen it on one of his episodes
This has been repeated many times on this channel but I personally do not believe that the photo inside the coffin is real because it bears no resemblance to Elvis in its final days it is more like one of the photos of Elvis in the 60's of course I think I do not think Elvis is alive. I think it is a fake photo.
@@rosehoary8906 I watched a show about Elvis with his road manager Joe Esposito with the girl who had the tape out Elvis is alive.I find it odd that Joe Esposito didn't say something about the photo in the national Enquirer. I know most people don't want to give me a straight answer I have text Memphis Mafia Kid for sime reason people who know Elvis just dint want to come out and say its a fake photo.that includes George Klein Billy Smith Ginger Alden Red and Sonny West nobody has commented on the authentication if that photo I find thst strange if rhe photo is fake. On the other hand people has text me and viewed the body and said it was fake?
@@randyharris3175 I saw this photo on the internet a few years ago . I did not know any information about the theories that exist about Elvis but when I saw the photo I thought it was Photoshop! Because I do not think it's similar to Elvis in '77, it looks like it was made. If there is a better quality image than a photo, I can show it to a Photoshop expert and ask for his opinion. I was reading Ginger's book when she talked about that photo to be honest I was surprised because I expected her to say it was not real.
Weintraub perhaps?
Correct
He was definitely ill
True and NOT 1 of these people who come out and say "Elvis was my friend blah blah" never stepped up to help him. So sad :(.
Joe esposito said the only time elvis met marilyn was passing each other in the movie studio canteen- if true it would have been the time of lets make love , the one she made with frankie Vaughn and yves montand..
Elvis barely could contain himself when Marilyn was in the front row at his Vegas concert in 56. This is before Joe..Elvis said he did not remember the finish of his own show after seeing Marilyn but the one that got him worked up and he watched several times was Sophia Loren in that wet top in the movie Boy on a Dolphin.He actually met Sophis..Imagine young Elvis with those overloaded hormones in the room with these women.He probably had a difficult time remaining calm and cool and not showing his attraction for them.
I don't believe everything Joe said, because he did exaggerate some things. He also worked hand in glove with Parker and I feel he's the one that tipped Parker off about people trying to get new songs to Elvis or new projects. Elvis never knew anything about it, because of Parker shutting the door on them behind the scenes!
I don't belive this
TY.
Love too hear these story's she knows Elvis personally I would of love to meet him personally myself thanks for the video