The Man Who Told Sinatra of Elvis's Death

Above, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley in August 1969.

Frank Sinatra may not have been too enamored with rock 'n roll, but the Chairman of the Board became a good friend of Elvis Presley.

Noise11.com has an article on how Sinatra was told that Presley had died.

They wrote:

On the day Elvis Presley died, Mark Kogan was sent to tell Frank Sinatra the news. Kogan is now the founder of the world’s most successful tribute show ‘Legends In Concert’.

I worked for Jerry Weintraub at Concerts West,” Mark tells Noise11.com. “I was out in the Alpine Valley waiting for Frank Sinatra to fly in. Earlier in the day I got word that Elvis had died and I was asked if I would please tell Mr. Sinatra. 

“I went to meet him at the airport. We would usually pick him up with a police escort, police in front and police in back and he’d jump into a limo. I didn’t have a chance to tell him when he came off the plane. He jumped in the limo and rode through Alpine Valley in lower Wisconsin. 

“I got out of the police car and went up to him as he got out of the limo. I said, “Mr Sinatra, I am sorry to have to tell you Elvis Presley has died”. The look on his face, we are all mortal, but here you have two legends. One who has just heard the news the other legend has died.

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