He also worked as a dogcatcher and a pet cemetery proprietor in Tampa, Florida, in the 1940s.Ĭolonel Parker died of a stroke on January 22, 1997, aged 87. In 1994, he published the first of a two-volume biography of Elvis Presley. Peter Guralnick is an author and music critic. Still carrying his baptism name, Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk fled his native land at about the age of 18, joined the United States Army, then changed his name to Tom Parker and became part of the circus world some time after leaving the Army. E.I.N.'s media monitor coms up with this interview which dates from 04-15-1999, so over a year ago, but it is a nice insight in Elvis' character, so we decided to put it online. He was actually born in Breda, Netherlands on June 28, 1909. The truth about his early years was revealed when his family in the Netherlands recognized him in photographs of him standing next to Elvis it was confirmed when Parker tried to avert a lawsuit in 1982 by asserting that he was a Netherlands citizen. For a while he lied about his early years, claiming to have been born in Huntington, West Virginia and that he had run away at an early age to join a circus run by an uncle. black cloth spine, gilt lettering, papered boards, dust jacket, 767 pp Standard. Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's ManagerĪs Presley's fame grew, people became interested in Parker as well.
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