Elvis' Megacolon

Elvis Presley had severe constipation that plagued him throughout his life and his prescription abuse only made it worse. He probably even died of constipation. He died in 1977, while straining on the toilet. His autopsy report revealed that he had an enlarged “megacolon,” horribly impacted with clay like material from a barium X-ray procedure he underwent four months earlier

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