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Edison Pena strikes an Elvis Presley pose outside Graceland, Presley's home, on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Pena is one of 33 miners who were trapped for 69 days in a collapsed mine in Chile. Pena, an Elvis fan who led other miners in Elvis songs to help pass the time while waiting to be rescued, was invited to tour Graceland by Elvis Presley Enterprises. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Pena, the guest of honor Saturday at Elvis' birthday party, cut into a 4-foot high cake fashioned to look like stacked television sets as fans clapped and cheered both the singer and the miner outside Elvis' longtime Memphis home.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo.
The celebration of his birthday, while meaningful to Elvis fans around the world, does not attract the throngs of people who make the pilgrimage to Graceland to remember his death. He died Aug. 16, 1977.
Pena, an avid Elvis fan, led the crowd in singing "The Wonder of You."
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