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Robert Gene "Red" West (March 8, 1936 – July 18, 2017) was an American actor, film stuntman and songwriter. He was known for being a close confidant and bodyguard for rock and roll singer Elvis Presley.
Red West. Actor: Road House. Robert Gene "Red" West was a close friend of Elvis Presley and a member of Presley's inner circle, known as "The Memphis Mafia". He first met Elvis in high school, where he was a year behind him.
Jul 20, 2017 · Red West, the longtime friend and bodyguard of Elvis Presley who became a successful film and television actor after the singer's death, died Tuesday night after suffering an aortic aneurysm at Baptist Hospital. He was 81.
Jul 21, 2017 · Actor and songwriter Robert Gene “Red” West, a longtime confidant of Elvis Presley, has died in Memphis. Danita Allen of Memorial Park Funeral Home said West died Tuesday. He was 81.
Jul 20, 2017 · MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Actor and songwriter Robert Gene “Red” West, a longtime confidant of Elvis Presley, has died in Memphis. Danita Allen of Memorial Park Funeral Home said West died Tuesday. He was 81.
May 29, 2008 · In 1960, following Presley's discharge from the United States Army, Red West went to work for Elvis as a bodyguard and became known as one of the media-dubbed Memphis Mafia. When Elvis was making films in the 1960s in Hollywood, Red West appeared in small roles in sixteen of Elvis' films.
Jul 19, 2017 · Red West, a boyhood friend and member of Elvis Presley’s “Memphis Mafia” who appeared in many of the singer’s movies as well as in Road House, Black Sheep Squadron and Goodbye...
