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Thursday, October 20, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Reports link Elvis' death to evidence of drug use
MEMPHIS (UPI)—Shelby County Medical Examiner Jerry Francisco was to comment yesterday on reports that as a result of his contribution to the death of Elvis Presley.
Francisco, who directed a three-hour autopsy on Presley's body Aug. 16, repeatedly has denied finding any evidence of drugs as a contributing factor. Presley was also insisted that his evidence of drug abuse or misuse of prescription drugs.
The preliminary autopsy findings, released the night the anger died, attributed Presley's sudden death to an arrhythmia, the irregular beating of the
A Memphis newspaper, the Commercial Appeal, yesterday quoted unnamed sources as saying three separate laboratories that tested DNA from the drugs that probably contributed to his death.
"IF, IN FACT, the article is correct in what it implies, then, in fact, the original statement is not true," Francisco said when asked about his preliminary drug finding.
The medical examiner said he probably
would hold a news conference Friday to discuss the autopsy findings. He would not confirm whether he has signed the singer's death certificate, listing a cause of death.
Among the drugs found in Presley's blood, the newspaper report said, were several tranquilizers and painkillers such as Valium, Demerol, codeine and an antihistamine.
rnestey's longtime personal physician, George Nichopoulos, refused to discuss the report Wednesday. Nichopoulos, who is in charge of Paul Presley had abused drugs in past years.
The newspaper report said the drugs found in Presley's blood, tissue and urine samples were within prescribed levels but the drug had no effect. The doctor's sinus already diseased heart.
Preliminary autopsy findings showed that Preskey suffered from high blood pressure and severe cardiovascular disease before he died.
Nichopulos has said Presley once had a drug problem so severe that his access to prescription medications had to be tightly restricted.
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