I had heard that Presley died on the toilet, but I'd assumed the location was happenstance, as it was with Judy Garland and Lenny Bruce: an embarrassing setting for a standard celebrity overdose. But the straining-at-stool theory made some sense. With all three autopsies-that of J.W., Mr. K., and E., as Presley's intimates called him-the collapse was abrupt and the autopsy revealed no obvious cause of death. {Though Presley had traces of several prescription drugs in his blood, none was present at a lethal level.} What Elvis's autopsy did unambiguously reveal was a colon two to three times normal size.
( Mary Roach )
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