Lisa Marie Presley Dies

Elvis loved his daughter and gave her many cute and funny nicknames including Sweetcheeks, Yisa, Buttonhead, and Injun.

Lisa Marie Presley was born February 1, 1968, to Elvis and Priscilla Presley in Memphis, Tennessee, nine months to the day after her parent’s wedding. After her parents divorced, she lived with her mother in Los Angeles, with frequent stays with her father at Graceland in Memphis. She would be Elvis’ only child. She seemed destined to lead a life in the public eye, thanks to looks that mirrored those of her father and a notable singing voice to match.

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Excommunicated

Act of religious censure

I was posting about Kirstie Alley passing away and noticed that she was a member of the Church of Scientology. I then saw that even their “church” had rules for excommunicating their members and thought I would look into the subject. Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other.

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Kirstie Alley Dies

She married actor Parker Stevenson in 1983, and they adopted children William True and Lilly Price. The couple split in 1997.

Kirstie Alley was born in Wichita, Kansas January 12, 1951. Her father is Robert Deal Alley, who owned a lumber company, and her mother is Lillian Alley. She had two siblings, Colette and Craig. In 1981, an automobile accident involving a drunk driver killed her mother and left her father seriously injured. Kirstie attended Wichita Southeast High School, graduating in 1969, and Kansas State University, dropping out after her sophomore year.

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