Expected to take the stand in the Michael Jackson trial is the co-partner of AEG Live and former concert promoter of Elvis Presley’s last tour Paul Gongaware.
Elvis died from a prescribed drug overdose in 1977 at the age of 42. Dr. George Nichopoulos, “Dr. Nick,” was treating Presley for insomnia. He was charged with over-prescribing drugs to Presley, but he was acquitted. He later lost his medical license in another case.
When Gongaware was managing Jackson’s 1993 tour he warned the tour doctor “Don’t be a Dr. Nick” a reference to Elvis Presley’s last physician, the doctor testified in a deposition.
