Pete Smith - Apache Elvis

We have been given some sad news today, a great Elvis fan, and one known to many, Pete Smith who ran the Elvis Presley website, Apache Elvis, is seriously ill with a disease called PPA (Primary Progressive Aphasia) that affects speech and other parts of the brain. Pete has had to be put in a long term care facility.

His nurse said one of the only things he talks about is Elvis, it's because he dedicated most of his life to making sure everyone remembered Elvis. Pete's ex partner, Jen, asks that all his Elvis friends say a prayer for Pete.

Pete and Jen have a son, Dakota, who is now eight years old.

Pete ran the very popular Apache Elvis website for several years and had started on a new site built by himself in 2004. We lost contact with Pete about three years ago, and with this news we probably know why.

 Our Friend Pete Smith has Died

Above, Pete Smith, Bernard Lansky and David Troedson, Memphis 2002.

* We have archived the Apache Elvis website on our own server as Geocities is closing down soon.