Dave Darnell was a staff photographer with The Commercial Appeal for close to 50 years. He shot thousands of photos, but one image in particular seems destined to outlive him — and to outlive everybody now reading this story, too.
“That picture has been used all over the world,” said Darnell, 79.
That picture, of course (we say “of course” because Darnell spent his career in Memphis) was of Elvis Presley…