

Gettyįollowing his split from Thompson, and a brief relationship with a woman named Mindi Miller, Elvis began dating Ginger Alden who he dated for nine months until his death in 1977 at the age of 42.Įlvis proposed to Alden two months after they started dating, and she has spoken of how he was looking forward to their wedding in the days before his passing. The singer dated Alden until his death in August 1977.

Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley with his girlfriend Ginger Alden in March of 1977 in Hawaii. "That's when I started not reading papers any more or in the grocery stores." Per The Independent, she said of the early years of their marriage: "The beginning was very difficult, but I knew what I was in for because I saw it at a very young age. Priscilla has spoken about their marriage since his death, and when speaking at the "Elvis: Direct From Graceland" exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery in Australia in March 2022, she admitted things had been "difficult" in the beginning because of the press attention around them. The couple remained together for six years, from 1967 to 1973, and they welcomed daughter Lisa-Marie in 1968. Three years later Priscilla's parents allowed her to move to Memphis, Tennessee, where Elvis lived in Graceland, and three years after that they wed when Priscilla was 21 and the "Hound Dog" singer was 32.

Army, he was 24 and she was 14 at the time. Getty ImagesĮlvis and Priscilla met at a party when he was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Elvis Presley sits cheek to cheek wit his bride, the former Priscilla Ann Beaulieu, following their wedding May 1, 1967.
