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Alice Cooper Nearly Shot and Killed Elvis Presley During Crazy Vegas Encounter

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Alice Cooper has revealed that Elvis Presley's obsession with guns could have come to an abrupt and ironic end by his hands in a Las Vegas hotel room in 1971. According to Cooper, "The King" asked the young star to shoot him in the head during their bizarre meeting.

In an interview with the Daily Mirror, the shock-rock veteran recalled the strange gathering in Presley's penthouse suite. Cooper said, "He had the penthouse -- this was when he was at the top of his game. I had always been a fan as a kid, so I jumped at the chance to go upstairs and meet him. When I got to the lift I found it was me, Liza Minnelli and the porn actress Linda Lovelace."

Once inside things got stranger still. The 63-year-old continued, "Elvis took me into the kitchen, opened a drawer and pulled out a loaded pistol, telling me to put it to his head. I recognised it straight away, a snub .32. I didn't know what to do. I had this gun in my hand and was expecting one of his security to come in any second, see me holding a weapon and shoot me dead.

"A little voice in my left ear was telling me, 'Go on, this is history, kill him, you'll always be the guy who killed Elvis.' In my other ear was another voice saying, 'You can't kill him, it's Elvis Presley -- wound him instead, you'll only get a few years!'"

Thankfully for Cooper he didn't have to worry for too long. "A fraction of a second later Elvis did a flying kick on the gun, and sent it flying, before tripping me and pinning me to the ground by my neck, announcing, 'That's how you stop a man with a gun.'"

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Mark Lathom

I've heard numerous accounts of Elvis training with the likes of Ed Parker, Bruce Lee and Judo Gene Lebell. Somewhere out there there's even footage of him doing a Kempo Karate demo.

June 08 2011 at 5:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rokevella

Good ol' American weird

June 08 2011 at 3:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
integr8er

Linda Lovelace Ummmmm First time I ever saw a woman have sex, and she was with John Holmes...Wow did that screw me up!!

June 08 2011 at 3:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ChrisFabiGuti

Why it took him 40 years to finally say that?!?

June 08 2011 at 3:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mrmrkw01

It wasn't a gun. It was a bottle opener. Elvis didn't say "put it to my head" He said
"There's cold pop in the refrigerator.""Help yourself."Elvis didn't drop Alice with a flying kick. Alice slipped on the wet kitchen floor.Elvis didn't say "Thats how you stop a man with a gun." Elvis said"Are you okay sonny?"

June 08 2011 at 3:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
a1hockey

sure alice...I bet it happened just like that...Telephone is ringing....

June 08 2011 at 2:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
invmartyc

Disco killed rock man, DISCO!

June 08 2011 at 2:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hegarty111

I realize that if EP was still around he might be on a walker, etc. But I still miss the guy and still love his music.

June 08 2011 at 2:35 PM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
Hensley

Redneck wanker with too much money and a giant ego..... It's a shame Cooper didn't pop a cap on him. We wouldn't have had to listen to either of them!

June 08 2011 at 1:31 PM Report abuse -4 rate up rate down Reply
eastsidehow

Did Linda Lovelace and Liza Minnelli make out

June 08 2011 at 11:33 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply