The death of Elvis Presley's daughter by cardiac arrest at 54 may have bolstered recent research suggesting genetic defects born of inbreeding were responsible for a slew of early deaths in his family., who suffered fatal cardiac arrest on Thursday, was far from the first member of Elvis's to die from heart troubles. The King himself died from cardiac arrest when he was just 42 years-old, and his mother Gladys died from heart failure at 46. Gladys had three brothers, each of whom also died in their forties from heart failure or lung complications.In the recently published biography, Elvis: Destined to Die Young, author Sally Hoedel argued the deaths of Elvis, his mother, and his uncles, were likely caused by a genetic defect brought on by the incestuous marriage of Elvis's maternal grandparents, who married despite being first cousins.
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