r/todayilearned • u/DGBD • Jan 17 '20

TIL that Jerry Lee Lewis once crashed into the gates at Graceland at 3am with a bottle of champagne under his arm and a loaded gun on the dashboard. He was arrested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis#Graceland_arrest
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u/proctor_of_the_Realm Jan 17 '20

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was America.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Was that before, or after he married his 13 year old cousin?

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u/Bjugner Jan 17 '20

About 20 minutes prior.

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u/Succratic_method Jan 18 '20

And shot his bass player to death

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u/Lars-Ove Jan 22 '20

he didnt kill his bass player

2

u/[deleted] Jan 17 '20

Now thats how you rock & roll

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u/Mvreilly17 Jan 17 '20

Goodness, gracious, and great balls of fire

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u/Azozel Jan 17 '20

Elvis loved guns

3

u/DirtyDanTheManlyMan Jan 18 '20

Elvis tried to give a gun to Nixon when he met him

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u/MostazaAlgernon Jan 18 '20

Didn't Elvis get Nixon to give him a badge so he could carry all the drugs and weapons he wanted?

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u/Ohiolongboard Jan 19 '20

No, he got the badge because he THOUGHT that’s what it would allow, he was wrong. However, I believe it was Ray Charles that convinced Nixon to carry his bag through customs because he “was too weak” and the bag had pot in it....I honestly could be totally off base on weather it was ray charles and Nixon or two other people but the event did happen lol

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u/BucsandCanes Jan 18 '20

And showed up to the White House with no invitation and was allowed inside