Forty-six-year-old Memphis police inspector Fred Woodward, who had provided personal security and friendship to Elvis since the beginning of his rise to fame, suffered a fatal heart attack while he was supervising schoolchildren at an afternoon Memphis Symphony youth concert at Ellis Auditorium. Elvis rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital as soon as he heard the news and, oblivious to the presence of reporters, attempted to comfort his wife. "He was a great guy, a good friend," he says, obviously distraught. "He was supposed to come out to my house tonight."