Jack Lord und Elvis Presley hat eine tiefe Freundschaft verbunden. Ich habe krzlich dieses Foto, sowie einen sehr schnen Artikel ber ihre Freundschaft gefunden.
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Jack Lords Special Memory of Elvis
By Marcia Borie
Elvis Presley had the ability to touch others lives as few human beings ever could. Just as people were magnetically drawn to him, so too, he had an almost fan-like devotion to those he admired.
Among that group was Hawaii 5-0s Jack Lord and his wife, Marie.
Theirs was a relatively brief but extremely intense friendship so illustrative of the rapid magnet-like attraction Elvis had for those comparatively few people he ever really got close to once fame had crowded in on him.
A few hours after the shocking news of Presleys death, I called Honolulu. I had known for several years of the personal relationship which existed between the Lords and Elvis. They had never wanted to talk about it publicly, but now, I thought they might want to share their knowledge of Elvis with those of us who care.
Mare answered the phone. Cautiously, I asked her if shed heard of the latest news. There was a pause; then she said, "You mean about Elvis?" I could hear the shock in her voice; she went on, "Yes, we heard. Its so ironic because Jack was just sitting here writing Elvis a letter and getting ready to mail him a package when his secretary came in and told us the news. He was so stunned. So am I. It just doesnt seem possible." Her voice faded, her words seemed to hang in the air.
I told her of this special memorial issue to Elvis, and she and Jack readily agreed to allow me to include something that Id know about for several years but had never written before.
Early in January, 1973, Elvis Presley was due in Hawaii. There, on the 14th, a little past midnight, he was to appear live at the Honolulu International Centre in a concert that would simultaneously be beamed by satellite all around the world live except for the United States. Shortly before the day of the concert arrived, Co. Parker had personally come to the condominium where the Lords live. By way of the manager, he had left a message inviting them to be Presleys guests at the concert.
The following day Elvis road manager had called the Lords to re-emphasize how much it would mean to Elvis if they could come. As Jack had told me several years ago, "Ordinarily, Marie and I live like monks during the time Im shooting. Both of us are up by five in the morning, so we never go out late during the week. But the invitation was so gracious that Marie and I just couldnt turn it down."
The Lords went to the concert and were seated in the special section along with the rest of the Presley party. Midway in the show, after Elvis had introduced every one of the members of the band and vocal group, he said, "My favorite actor in the world is sitting in the audience and I want to introduce him."
Then he called Jack by name. The Lords, celebrities that they are, told me that as if they had been floored by the introduction and that it had been an almost unbelievable tribute from one artist to another. So Jack stood up and taken his bows, live for all the world -except the U.S. to see. Afterwards, they had gone backstage and met Elvis up close for the very first time. But as Jack would later say, "The moment we met and shook hands it was as if we had known each other all our lives."