Elvis Presley - Lamar Fike Memphis Mafia Elvis Friend Interviewed by Joe Krein
Telephone Interview

Fike was a member of Elvis Presley’s inner circle, known as the “Memphis Mafia”. He was born on November 11, 1935 in Cleveland, Mississippi, USA and died on January 21, 2011 at the age of 75 due to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 1. Fike held various roles with Presley, including as a lighting director, bodyguard and managing Presley’s music publishing group. After Presley’s death in 1977, Fike continued to work as an entrepreneur in the music business in Nashville, Tennessee, in music publishing, managing artists and brokering music and memorabilia deals 1. He was also an actor and production manager for some of Elvis’ films 2.

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