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Sonny West

デル・ソニー・ウェスト　/　でる・そにー・うぇすと

American actor

July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017　・　Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee
actor
stunt performer

My Take

West intrigues me less as an actor and stunt performer than as a witness to one of the twentieth century's biggest legends. Sixteen years guarding Elvis Presley as part of the so-called Memphis Mafia is a front-row seat to fame, loyalty and its eventual fractures. I find the geography poignant: his parents from Pontotoc, Mississippi, just down the road from Elvis's Tupelo, as if proximity to greatness ran in the family. He reminds me that history is also carried by the people standing just outside the spotlight, and that the supporting cast often holds the most honest stories.

Overview

Delbert Bryant "Sonny" West, Jr. (July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017) was an American actor and bodyguard of the singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at Elvis' Memphis home Graceland, which became known as "The Memphis Mafia". His parents came from Pontotoc, Mississippi, not far from Tupelo, Elvis Presley's hometown.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sonny West
Name (Japanese): デル・ソニー・ウェスト
Reading: でる・そにー・うぇすと
Born: July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Tiger
Origin: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / stunt performer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88

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