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Delbert Bryant West Jr. (July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017), known professionally as Sonny West, was a friend and bodyguard of the singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at Elvis' Memphis home Graceland, which became known as "The Memphis Mafia".
Die Memphis Mafia ist der Spitzname der Gruppe von Männern, die jeden Tag, von 1956 bis zu seinem Tod am 16. August 1977, um ihn herum waren. Es gab ursprünglich 5 Original-Mitglieder. Die Original-Mitglieder (Sonny West, Red West, Billy Smith, Marty Lacker und Lamar Fike) standen Elvis am nächsten und wurden über die Jahre zu engen Vertrauten.
21. Juli 2017 · Red West would go on protecting his friend as he rose to fame. He and his cousin Sonny became core members of Elvis's entourage, the so-called "Memphis Mafia."
The Memphis Mafia was the nickname given by the media to a group of Elvis Presley 's friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Presley from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977.
Sonny West ( Delbert Bryant West Jr.; * 5. Juli 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee; † 24. Mai 2017) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Stuntman. Bekannt wurde er als langjähriger Leibwächter und Weggefährte von Elvis Presley.
30. Mai 2017 · Sonny West of Elvis' Memphis Mafia dies at 79. MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - One of the original members of Elvis' Memphis Mafia died of cancer. Delbert B. "Sonny" West, Jr., of Hendersonville, Tennessee, died on May 24 in Nashville. Sonny West was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the tonsil in April 2012.
Sonny West has died in Nashville after a long illness. He was 79 years old. He had been suffereing lung cancer. Sonny was a member of Elvis Presley's entourage and met him for the first time in 1958 before Elvis left for his military service in Germany.
