Definitely another wonderful person's life cut short by excesses and addiction. Fame and fortune are fleeting things.
Nonetheless, he was The King! Nobody was ever bigger than Elvis. And it wasn't like he didn't have any competition - Roy Orbison, Del Shannon, Ricky Nelson, Ray Charles, Paul Anka, Bobby Darin, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, The Killer, Johnny Mathis, Chubby Checker, Dion DiMucci, Bobby Vee, Bobby Vinton, Gene Pitney, Frankie Avalon...on and on; Elvis was bigger than any of them.