Not to make light of an elderly woman dying from heat, but my god, why are people still so obsessed with Elvis they’re willing to stand outside in 105 degree weather simply to cry at his grave?

Despite the promise of another furnace-like day, some fans began lining up early in the morning for the candlelight vigil, setting up umbrellas and folding chairs on the sidewalk along four-lane Elvis Presley Boulevard. The memorial was expected to run through the night and into Thursday, the death anniversary.

The procession, with fans walking mostly single-file and holding candles, filed up Graceland’s long winding driveway and past Presley’s grave in a small garden beside the white-columned house. Many fans carried flowers, stuffed animals and other small gifts to leave at the grave.

The body of the woman who died was found Wednesday afternoon inside a trailer at a Graceland campground. She had chronic health problems, but the Shelby County medical examiner’s office said the heat contributed to her death. The Memphis Fire Department said it also treated at least six people overcome by heat, including an 8-year-old boy who was hospitalized.

I will say, with no qualms whatsoever though, that the parents of the 8-year-old boy should probably be looked into by child services. Subjecting yourself to that sort of insanity is one thing, but forcing a child to participate in this sort of heat is unforgivable.

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