. >> he's the chronicle's radio columnist by day, elvis impersonator by night. ben took the stage at san francisco's makeout room, one of the few guest singers paying tribute to the king. >> for me, any excuse to sing elvis is fine. >> elvis presley died of heart failure 40 years ago, and those gathered celebrated his legacy through his music, videos, and a pair of blue suede shoes. steve was 16 when he died. >> he was such a huge icon, no matter what radio station they played only his music and talked about his career. >> this is a trip down memory lane for most of the people here, but some who came to honor the king weren't even born when he died. >> proof his music still resonates years later. >> the energy, just a fun guy. on stage, you see him on video and stuff, i want to do that. i want to be that guy. >> a guy who since his death has been the subject of alleged sightings and conspiracy theories that he's still alive. >> elvis is alive on mars. i'm pretty sure with the life he led, i'm pretty sure he's dead. >> based on this gathering of his fans, his spir

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. ♪ >> reporter: the chronicles radio columnist by day and elvis impersonator by tonight. aid try butte to the king. >> any excuse to sing elvis is fine. >> reporter: he died of heart failure 40 years ago, and this celebrated legacy through music, archived videos, and even a pair of blue suede shoes. he was only 16 when he died. >> such a huge icon, no matter what radio straight they played only his music and talked about his career. >> this tribute is a trip down memory lane, but some who honored the king were not born when he died. proof his music resinates decades later. >> just the energy. just, i don't know, just a fun guy, just on stage, you see him on video and stuff, like, i want to do that, i want to be that guy. >> reporter: a guy, since death, a subject of alleged sightings and theories that he's actually alive. >> elvis is alive on mars, yeah, you know. i'm pretty sure the kind of life he led i'm pretty sure he's dead. >> reporter: based on this group of fans, the spirit lives on 40 years later. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> a fun night. >> yeah. >> abc 7 new

. ♪ >> reporter: the chronicles radio columnist by day and elvis impersonator by tonight. aid try butte to the king. >> any excuse to sing elvis is fine. >> reporter: he died of heart failure 40 years ago, and this celebrated legacy through music, archived videos, and even a pair of blue suede shoes. he was only 16 when he died. >> such a huge icon, no matter what radio straight they played only his music and talked about his career. >> this tribute is a trip down memory lane, but some who honored the king were not born when he died. proof his music resinates decades later. >> just the energy. just, i don't know, just a fun guy, just on stage, you see him on video and stuff, like, i want to do that, i want to be that guy. >> reporter: a guy, since death, a subject of alleged sightings and theories that he's actually alive. >> elvis is alive on mars, yeah, you know. i'm pretty sure the kind of life he led i'm pretty sure he's dead. >> reporter: based on this group of fans, the spirit lives on 40 years later. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> a fun night. >> yeah. >> abc 7 new

at the so-called makeout room, guest singers got up to give their best elvis impersonations. 't even born when elvis died, but they wanted to pay tribute. >> he was such a huge icon that no matter what kind of radio station, they played only his music and talked about his career. >> just the energy. just i don't know, just a fun guy. onstage, when you see him on video and stuff, like i want to do that. i want to be that guy. >> presley died of heart failure. since his death has been the subject of alleged sightings and conspiracy theories that he's really alive. his spirit, no doubt, lives on 40 years later. >>> who says that news reporters are always so serious? just listen to abc 7 news reporter vic lee serenading us with his best elvis impersonation. ♪ winter summer springtime too ♪ winter summer springtime too ♪ loving you loving you >> yeah. >> as you can see, vic has some pipes. >> i want him to sing at my wedding one day. >> oh. >> i'm calling him right now. 5:47 in the morning. >> get him on speed dial. he books up quickly. hi, drew. >> what a nice way to wake up. his

reporter: the 1992 comedy "honeymoon in vegas" would feature this performance from a 4-year-old elvis impersonator's a young bruno mars. whose thoughts back then appeared in the documentary "viva elvis." >> i like his singing and his lip. >> reporter: ten years ago it was lisa marie, duetting with her late father on his social justice hit "in the ghetto." its proceeds going to charity. ♪ it's another hungry mouth to feed in the ghetto ♪ >> i had thought about many other songs, but that was just the one that just did have a really in-depth thing that i felt i could do something with. >> reporter: in 1972 linda thompson was a beauty pageant goddess 12 credits short of graduating from memphis state when she met 37-year-old elvis at the movies. >> you can't even remember the movie. >> no. would you be able to if elvis presley was sitting next to you, macking on you? i was very standoffish until he whispered in my ear, "honey, you know that i'm not married anymore, we're separated, we have been separated for seven months." i went, oh, well, let me lean in a little closer here, a little more here. >> re

elvis. he has done between 800 and 1,000 performances impersonating elvis.l elvis super fans, you welcome all of you. you are all elvis superfans, you have welcome all of you. you are all elvis super fans, you have the tattoo, debbie, why did you get that and why do you love him?” tattoo, debbie, why did you get that and why do you love him? i had it for my 50th birthday, ijust love elvis so much. i have grown up with him since the age of six when my mum played the music and he has become pa rt played the music and he has become part of my life will stop he is a family member more than anything. and you have a picture of him next to your bed rather than your husband! yes! he is used to it! paul, it is fair to say you describe yourself as an actor more than a superfan? yourself as an actor more than a super fan? i think that is fair to say. i'm an actor, but if i take my glasses off, the viewers might see that i'm chinese elvis, that is the name of the act. i think i'm creating a bit of tv history because i think creating a bit of tv history because ithink i'

. >> there's too many people think they can be like elvis the impersonators. s. that helps too, doesn't it >> everything helps. but you have two young lads from liverpool by the name of paul mccartney and john lennon who because of elvis presleydid what they did. that's not my opinion -- >> who is your partner is priscilla still involved? lisa marie >> lisa is is my partner i am the managing partner. i put up my own money to buy the majority of the graceland business we have a partner who put up the majority of the money to buy the name and likeness and publishing authentic brands group that's primarily loaned by leonard green. but lisa is our partner. lisa took over the estate, you know, when elvis passed away priscilla was the executor priscilla is an amazing spokesperson lisa is my partner i have the flesh your of talking to her almost every day. and, you know, all we're doing is listening to elvis. we're not trying to reinvent the wheel. we have something, you know, woo he have a revolutionary. if you look at, you know, you know if you look at apple. you kn

have to have in this country, so i appreciate bringing a little lefty into it by having an elvis impersonatoreliver his comments about whether he thinks confederate statues should stay in memphis or not. all right. we're going to continue to monitor the breaking news out of barcelona. we are going to bring you the latest details as they come in. ♪ (shrieks in terror) (heavy breathing and snorting) no, no. the running of the bulldogs? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money aleia saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. (vo) living with ammonia odor? not a pretty picture. (vo) luckily, tidy cats lightweight with new ammonia blocker tackles tough odor, even ammonia. so long stankface! (vo) ammonia like that? there's a tidy cats for that. >>> are you okay right now? >> yeah. we're okay. everyone is just a little, you know -- you don't think this will happen to you while you're on vacation, and i'm actually here constituted i didn't go abroad, learning spanish, but -- yeah, you don't think this will happen to you, so, yeah. >> and, again, for

elvis, our cow that impersonates elvis, and probably more important is hammy faye.ngs a little fashion show. kidd: i heard you were going to let me bring out hammy faye. guest: i know exactly what you need here. kidd: if i want to work on the farm, that is perfect, and now i will go get hammy. hammy, come on out. veronica: normally, that if we had that goes on the kids -- that is the hat that goes on the kids. kidd: tell us about showtimes. guest: showtimes on saturday and sunday will be 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, and 6:30. days, 12:32:30, and 4:30. kidd: thank you very much, guys. we will have much more after 7:00 on news channel 8. veronica: we're making cheese sandwiches next, guys. larry: but keep the half. adrianna: here is your 60-second express. adrianna: [laughs] technical difficulties as we sit here and smile at you. it is a friday. larry: it is friday, but we look great, don't we? eileen has the forecast before we say goodbye. eileen: it is friday. a live look at the white house right now. nice and dry heading out the door. guys, it still feels comfortable. enjoy

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impersonate that. anybody can stand there and go, "i'm donald trump" and do this and -- anybody can do that. it's an elvis fact, i do one. >> yes. that's right. >> seth: yeah. and that is the lowest -- that is really the lowest bar. >> but you know, so it's more the fact that you're going inside what's the sadness inside of him that makes him so attracted to hate. and that's often the case. i mean you see this weekend, this is about a self-loathing and a -- a hatred that's turned outward because of the crisis within the white supremacy movement's self. and it's pathetic and dangerous. and his father's imposition on him to run the business and the awful relationship they had with each other, including the number of african-americans they evicted in brooklyn and queens. >> seth: without his father, what do you think he would be? if he had sort of gotten adopted from another family and got to live the life he wanted to live. what do you think? >> well, i think -- i actually he'd be like ratso rizzo in "midnight cowboy." i think he'd -- i think if trump didn't succeed, he'd live in a studio apartment filled w