Memphis Reporter John Hutto Weed Passed Away. He covered Elvis' death and the assassination of Martin Luther King has passed away at 75. John played a key role in the coverage of the death of Presley by authorizing the publication of the results of Presley's death certificate.

 

His career spans 40 years in the news business. His colleagues say he read the dictionary every day. And learned one new word a day. He served the United States Army in Japan in counter intelligence before returning home to begin his life long career. He had a knack for being at the right place at the right time. Weed died March 15 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

 

Source: Elvis Unlimited / Updated: Mar 23, 2008

Sad news :( I didn't know much about him, but I found out this ;)

 

Returning from their anniversary trip to New Orleans, John and his wife Ruth saw the crowds and cars parked on her parents’ front yard near Graceland. John sighed, “Elvis must be dead, gotta go to work. Bye.” John’s role in giving the go-ahead to the late, indomitable, and droll reporter Beth Tamke to publish the results of the Presley death certificate is quoted in Jim Cole and Charles Crawford’s book on The Death of Elvis and was revisited in 1991 by Memphis Magazine. That act began in earnest the tug-of-war over the role of drugs, city image and official territorial turf disputes in the Elvis saga.