Dr. on Elvis Presley
← Back to Elvis Presley ProfileFueled by a dream of attending an Elvis concert with her newborn, Dr. Elvis Francois's mother abandoned her original name choice, forever linking her son to the King.
“My mom was a huge Elvis fan, she's always, ever since I can remember, always had small Elvis dolls and random Elvis memorabilia around the house. Growing up, I finally asked her why she decided to name me Elvis, and originally, she was going to name me Gregory. But she had a dream two weeks before I was born that she was at an Elvis concert and her newborn baby was at the concert as well. So instead of Gregory, she decided to call me Elvis. Yeah, she was about as big of an Elvis fan as possible.”
Dr. Forest Tennant argues that Elvis Presley's early death stemmed from unrecognized cumulative head trauma and subsequent autoimmune inflammation, a diagnosis unavailable at the time.
“I strongly believe he knew he was ill, but didn't know why. In retrospect, his was a classic case of cumulative head trauma, followed by an autoimmune inflammatory disorder. None of this was known or even recognized in his day and I'm confident he would have been pleased to know that the knowledge that now exists about his predicament will in future help others, as he was a kind and generous person”