In the 2016 movie "Elvis & Nixon", President Nixon asks Elvis if he wants to touch a moon rock that Buzz Aldrin had given him, to which Elvis retorts: "Buzz has sent me one too". Is this true?

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In the 2016 movie "Elvis & Nixon", President Nixon asks Elvis if he wants to touch a moon rock that Buzz Aldrin had given him, to which Elvis retorts: "Buzz has sent me one too". Is this true?

Question #144477. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Aug 07 2017.
Originally posted Aug 07 2017 9:35 AM.

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seekernym

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No. From an interview with his assistant at the time, Jerry Schilling:

One of those funny things happens when Nixon proudly shows off the moon rock that he says Buzz Aldrin sent him, and Elvis says, "Oh yeah, Buzz sent me one too." Did Elvis really have a moon rock?
No. [laughs] Would he tell Nixon that he did? Maybe.

http://www.thewrap.com/elvis-aide-reveals-whats-right-and-wrong-in-elvis-nixon/

Aug 07 2017, 9:48 AM

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