Memphis, Tennessee:
Rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena said he was living his dream as he toured Graceland, the longtime home of his idol, Elvis Presley.
Pena, who was rescued from the Copiapo copper mine in Chile last October and used to belt out Elvis tunes to lift the spirits of 32 other miners while they were trapped underground for 69 days, shot video with his cell phone and occasionally broke into song as he walked through rooms with displays of gold records, movie posters and Elvis outfits.
He stood in a room where Elvis' piano still sits and learned that the last songs Elvis sang before he died at age 42 in August, 1977, were "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and "Unchained Melody."
Pena's Graceland tour on Friday is part of a six-day visit to Memphis and Las Vegas paid for mostly by local businesses and tourism groups.
Pena, who was rescued from the Copiapo copper mine in Chile last October and used to belt out Elvis tunes to lift the spirits of 32 other miners while they were trapped underground for 69 days, shot video with his cell phone and occasionally broke into song as he walked through rooms with displays of gold records, movie posters and Elvis outfits.
He stood in a room where Elvis' piano still sits and learned that the last songs Elvis sang before he died at age 42 in August, 1977, were "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and "Unchained Melody."
Pena's Graceland tour on Friday is part of a six-day visit to Memphis and Las Vegas paid for mostly by local businesses and tourism groups.
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