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On August 16, 1977, the day Elvis Presley died, fans flooded his home at Graceland, ordering 3,116 floral arrangements in a single day.

Two days later for Presley’s funeral, 18,000 fans watched as a white Cadillac hearse carried him to the cemetery.

Today, fans go to Graceland every August to honor Presley with candlelight vigils and flowers.

When Elvis Presley died of heart failure at age 42 on August 16, 1977, Memphis, Tennessee, quickly became the epicenter of collective mourning. Within hours, fans poured into the city, and to the gates of his beloved home, Graceland , to grieve together.

That day alone, fans ordered 3,116 floral arrangements for Presley, setting a U.S. single-day delivery record that’s still u

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