(Cont. from Pt. 1)
One might have thought George Klein
would have changed the subject, and prevented the Martindale’s from telling the
story. But this was not the case.
I must say I have been pleasantly
surprised at how open ‘The Elvis Channel’ and its DJ’s have been with the radio
public in regard to ‘the good, bad and the ugly’ which transpired during THE
American Idol’s all too brief 42 years on earth.
There’s a poignant passage in the
movie, “A River Runs Through It.”
In speaking of his father, the main
character, Norman Maclean, reminisces.
l remember the last sermon
l heard him give;
not long before his own death…
Each one of us here today will,
at one time in our lives...
look upon a loved one who is in need
and ask the same question.
"We are willing to help, Lord...
but what, if anything, is needed?"
It is true we can seldom help
those closest to us.
Either we don't know what part
of ourselves to give...
or more often than not,
the part we have to give...
is not wanted.
And so it is those we live with
and should know who elude us...
but we can still love them.
We can love completely...
without complete understanding.
At least during this particular
interview, Wink and Sandy Martindale never disclosed whether Elvis responded to
their offer that he visit with them, lose weight and attempt to regain his
former health.
We can be sure, however, that if he responded
at all it was not of the affirmative kind; since the well-known gameshow host
and his wife
...never saw Elvis again.
...never saw Elvis again.
I think Wink and Sandy were a lot like
the kind of people of whom that old preacher alluded in his final sermon, the
sort of folks who reach out in love to those near and dear to themselves;
though bereft of any understanding.
One can only wonder how history might
have been rewritten had Elvis taken them up on their gracious offer. Perhaps
the King of Rock & Roll would have given us the gift of a few more years
and a few more songs.
By
William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 46. Copyright pending
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