Ginger Alden Leyser (born November 13, 1956) is an American actress and model known for her relationship with Elvis Presley. She was engaged to Presley at the time of his death in 1977. After his death she worked in television and authored a memoir.
Biography
Ginger Alden was born on November 13, 1956 to Jo and Walter Alden at the US Naval Hospital in Millington, Tennessee.[1] Her father was a public relations officer in the United States Army.[2] Alden began her modeling career at a young age, during which she participated in beauty pageants.[1]
Alden first met Presley when she was five years old and he was twenty.[3] After two months of dating, Presley proposed to her with a diamond engagement ring, with the 11.5-carat center stone taken from his famous TCB ring.[4][5][6] Their wedding date was scheduled for December 25, 1977, but Presley passed away on August 16th.[3][4] After Presley's death, Ginger Alden made a career in modeling and acting.[7]
She later married Ron Leyser in 1991, and they have one son: Hunter.
In 2014, Alden released "Elvis and Ginger", a memoir detailing her relationship with Presley.[8][9][10]
Ron Leyser died on August 16, 2015, exactly 38 years after Elvis Presley.[11]
References
^ abAlden, Ginger (2014). Elvis and Ginger (1st ed.). New York, NY: Ace Books. ISBN978-0-425-26633-5.
^Haeussler, Mathias (2020). Inventing Elvis. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 89.
^Mitchell, Lacy (November 3, 2014). "Elvis' last love breaks silence". Batesville Guard. Batesville, Arkansas, United States of America. p. 6. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
^Patterson, Bigel (September 2014). "Elvis and Ginger". Elvis Information Network. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
