Ginger Alden
{{Short description|Fiancée of Elvis Presley at the time of his death}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|11|13}}
| birth_place = Millington, Tennessee
| spouse = {{marriage|Ron Leyser
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| children = 1
| known_for = Author, fiancée to Elvis Presley
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Ginger Alden Leyser (born November 13, 1956) is an American actress and model known for her relationship with Elvis Presley. She was engaged to Presley at the time of his death in 1977. After his death she worked in television and authored a memoir.
Biography
Ginger Alden was born on November 13, 1956 to Jo and Walter Alden at the US Naval Hospital in Millington, Tennessee.{{Cite book |last=Alden |first=Ginger |title=Elvis and Ginger |date=2014 |publisher=Ace Books |isbn=978-0-425-26633-5 |edition=1st |location=New York, NY}} Her father was a public relations officer in the United States Army.{{Cite book |last=Haeussler |first=Mathias |title=Inventing Elvis |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2020 |pages=89 |language=en}} Alden began her modeling career at a young age, during which she participated in beauty pageants.
Alden first met Presley when she was five years old, and later again when she was 20 and he was 41.{{Cite web |last=Randall |first=Mark |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Elvis fiancee Ginger Alden to set record straight during fan meet and greet in August |url=https://www.desototimes.com/lifestyle/elvis-fiancee-ginger-alden-to-set-record-straight-during-fan-meet-and-greet-in-august/article_212c7622-da70-11eb-b1bc-bfbdf6a590b2.html |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=DeSoto Times-Tribune |language=en}} After two months of dating, Presley proposed to her with a diamond engagement ring, with the 11.5-carat center stone taken from his famous TCB ring.{{Cite web |last=Farah |first=Lynn |date=August 7, 2022 |title=Meet Ginger Alden, the last woman Elvis Presley loved |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3187855/meet-elvis-presleys-last-love-ginger-alden-only-person |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Dawn |first=Randee |date=September 3, 2014 |title=Elvis Presley's fiancee pens revealing memoir of life with the King |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/elvis-presleys-fiancee-ginger-alden-pens-revealing-memoir-kings-final-1d80122949 |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Today : WCAU : September 3, 2014 7:00am-11:01am EDT |date=September 3, 2014 |url=https://archive.org/details/WCAU_20140903_110000_Today/start/5750/end/5810 |access-date=September 29, 2024 |others=WCAU}} Their wedding date was scheduled for December 25, 1977, but Presley died on August 16th. After Presley's death, Ginger Alden made a career in modeling and acting.{{Cite web |last=Clothier |first=Gary |date=February 3, 2011 |title=Ask Mr. Know-It-All: Almost the queen |url=https://hanfordsentinel.com/opinion/ask-mr-know-it-all-almost-the-queen/article_4083be0c-2fbf-11e0-8fa7-001cc4c002e0.html |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=Hanford Sentinel |language=en}}
She later married Ron Leyser in 1991, and they have one son, named Hunter.
In 2014, Alden released "Elvis and Ginger", a memoir detailing her relationship with Presley.{{Cite news |last=Connelly |first=Sherryl |date=August 17, 2014 |title=The King's last days, final love |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/584023643/ |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=Daily News |pages=20-21}}{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Lacy |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Elvis' last love breaks silence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1096164032 |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=Batesville Guard |location=Batesville, Arkansas, United States of America |pages=6}}{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Bigel |date=September 2014 |title=Elvis and Ginger |url=https://www.elvisinfonet.com/bookreview-elvis-and-ginger.htm |access-date=September 29, 2024 |website=Elvis Information Network}}
Ron Leyser died on August 16, 2015, exactly 38 years after Elvis Presley.{{Cite web |title=Ginger Alden's husband passed away on August 16, 2015 {{!}} Elvis Articles |url=https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/ginger-aldens-husband-passed-away-on-august-16-2015.shtml |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.elvis.com.au}}
References
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{{cite book |last1=Alden |first1=Ginger |title=Elvis and Ginger |date=2014 |publisher=Ace Books |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-425-26633-5 |edition=First}}
External links
- [https://law.justia.com/cases/tennessee/supreme-court/1982/637-s-w-2d-862-2.html (August 30, 1982) Jo Laverne ALDEN, Appellee, v. Vernon E. PRESLEY, Executor of the Estate of Elvis A. Presley]
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