I was born the same year Elvis died. When I was about seven or eight I read on the front of a magazine "The Day Elvis Died" and only then did I realize he was dead!
A childhood belief about pop stars

others believed things like this
- Because of MAD Magazine, I believed that Elvis died while on the john, with a tub of KFC in his lap.Anon
- My wife thought she was Elvis mother when she was 4. It was 1977 the same year he died. — sister vanilla
- I used to believe that Elvis died when he was trampled by fans.— Aretia
- When I asked my mother how Elvis died, she told me that he ate too much candy. — Katie B
- My mother went to prom with Elvis.— Fiona
- I thought Elvis was a genre.— Lucy