That is what we were told about Elvis's death, but is it the truth? These days my default position is to question everything.

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This article claims that there is a family history of early deaths due to heart or liver issues.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/lisa-marie-presley-death-family-tree-plagued-by-health-issues/news-story/03875eb77d72de7981143f4242859cf5

Lisa Marie’s shocking death comes as the latest heart-related fatality to afflict the Presley lineage.

Elvis himself died from cardiac arrest at the age of 42 in 1977, as did his mom – and Lisa Marie’s grandmother – Gladys at the age of 46 in 1958.

All three of Elvis’ uncles on his mother’s side also passed away from either heart or liver-related issues between the ages of 46 and 58.

Author Sally Hoedel published a biography on the Presley family’s extensive health troubles, titled Elvis: Destined to Die Young, in which she argued The King’s death was not caused by self-destruction and drug abuse as many have been led to believe.

Instead, Hoedel believes Elvis’ death was a tragic inevitability spurred by bad genes passed down by his maternal grandparents, Bob Smith and Doll Mansell, who were first cousins.

Those faulty genes were aggravating factors behind his and Gladys’ various health issues, she says, which Elvis in turn treated with a cocktail of prescription drugs.