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Elvis attended the funeral of Dewey Phillips at Memphis Funeral Home, where his mother had also been buried ten years earlier. He expressed his condolences to the widow and told her that Dewey had been his friend.
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- Elvis Presley performed at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in an evening Dinner Show followed by a Midnight Show.
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