Jerry Garcia Last Will and Testament

Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Elvis Aaron Presley, the King of Rock and Roll (1935-1977).

• Elvis dominated the popular music charts for decades, until the coming of the Beatles in the 1960s. His unique blend of blues, country and folk combined with his smooth sexy delivery and pelvic gyrations made him a superstar.
• Elvis' first single, 'Heartbreak Hotel' released in 1956, was also his first number 1 hit. He went on to have a string of hits, accompanied by television appearances before swooning audiences of screaming crazed female fans.
• Elvis made his film debut in 1956's Love Me Tender.
• After his army stint, he returned to recording and making movies. In 1968 he returned to live performance with a highly successful television special, a long-standing Las Vegas stint and numerous tours.
• Presley was the first to broadcast a concert globally via satellite, the 'Aloha from Hawaii' special broadcast in 1973.
• Elvis' death as a result of prescription drug abuse robbed us of one of the most important cultural icons of the 20th century. He remains the best-selling solo artist in the history of pop music. Today, millions of Elvis fans still mark the anniversary of his death with candlelight vigils at his mansion at Graceland.

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Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Frank Sinatra.

• Francis Albert (Frank) Sinatra (1915-1998), whose nicknames include "Old Blue Eyes" and "the Chairman of the Board", was an American singer and actor who began his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. During the 1940s he launched a solo career and became a teen idol. In the 1950s, he found new fame as an actor, especially after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for From Here to Eternity.
• Frank Sinatra founded Reprise Records and recorded a number of very successful albums, touring internationally. He was a founding member of the so-called Rat Pack (which included Dean Martin and Peter Lawford), and fraternized with celebrities and presidents, including President John F. Kennedy. Sinatra turned 50 in 1965, recorded the retrospective September of My Years, starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, and scored hits with "Strangers in the Night" and "My Way".
• Sinatra attempted to weather the changing tastes in popular music, but with sales of his music dwindling, and after appearing in several poorly received films, he retired in 1971. Coming out of retirement in 1973, he recorded several albums; scored a Top 40 hit with "(Theme From) New York, New York" in 1980; and toured both within the United States and internationally until a few years before his death in 1998.
• Sinatra also forged a career as a dramatic actor, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in From Here to Eternity, and he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Man with the Golden Arm. He also starred in such musicals as High Society, Pal Joey, Guys and Dolls and On the Town.
• Frank Sinatra was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. He was also the recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Janis Joplin (1943-1970).

• Janis Joplin was an American blues rock singer and an enduring icon of the '60's youth movement.
• Her incendiary stage performances, problems with drug and alcohol abuse, and her tumultuous love life formed the basis for the movie The Rose.
• Joplin's musical legacy changed the history of rock & roll.
• Janis Joplin died of a drug overdose in 1970, at the age of 27.

Download this free copy of the Last Will & Testament of Jim Morrison (full name James Douglas Morrison) (1943-1971).

• Morrison was an American rock songwriter and lead singer for The Doors (Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore).
• His deep baritone voice, poetic lyrics and exotic demeanor helped make the band one of one of rock's most potent, controversial, and theatrical acts.
• Jim Morrison died of heart failure in Paris at the age of 28, probably due to his excessive drug and alcohol use. His grave site holds almost mystical significance for many of his fans.

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of John Winston Ono Lennon (1940-1980).

• John Lennon was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history. He is ranked the second most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history, after McCartney.
• After The Beatles split, Lennon enjoyed a successful solo career, and was often in the media spotlight for his activities as a peace activist. Following a self-imposed retirement to raise his son Sean, Lennon reemerged with a comeback album, Double Fantasy, but was murdered less than one month after its release. The album would go on to win the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
• In 2002, respondents to a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted Lennon Number 8. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Lennon number 38 on its list of the 50 greatest artists of all time (but he actually took two spots, because the Beatles were number one).
• John Lennon was posthumously inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Liberace.

• Wladziu Valentino Liberace (1919-1987) was known to the world by his last name and to his friends as Lee.
• Liberace was a gifted classical pianist who began playing at the age of 4 and later became incredibly popular around the world through his flamboyant style of showmanship.
• From the 1950s to the 1970s (when Elvis Presley and The Beatles were at the height of their popularity), he was the highest paid entertainer in the world.
• Liberace was recognized during his career with two Emmys, six gold albums, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Liberace died in 1987 at age 68 from pneumonia resulting from HIV/AIDS. He never came out as gay during his lifetime and his press agent stated the cause of death to be a combination of pernicious anemia, emphysema, and heart disease.