Yep, still dead.

Nope, no further credible resurrection rumours.

No definitive evidence he's currently comparing notes with Michael Jackson.

The one really new thing is this year is also the 40th anniversary of his last number-one single: Suspicious Minds:

Here's a story about how people who visited Memphis this weekend would have found no evidence of the studio where he recorded that track for From Elvis in Memphis.

The Telegraph has a good story about the making of that album -- and how what came after set the course for his untimely death at age 42 eight years later.

Previous posts on this topic:

Aug. 16, 2004 - Elvis's death day 

Jan. 8, 2005 - Happy birthday, King!

Aug. 16, 2005 - Elvis's death day, 2005

Aug. 16, 2007 - Elvis's death day - The 30th anniversary edition