Joe Esposito

Joe Esposito (born January 22, 1938-November 23,2016) was a veteran author and publisher, who along with his long-time business partner Daniel Lombardy, have several best selling books to their credit.

Joe Esposito is best known for his association with Elvis Presley. He first met Presley while serving in the military in 1958. They both went through basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, but did not meet face to face until a year later when they were both stationed in West Germany, where they quickly became lifelong friends. Esposito became Elvis’s road manager and bodyguard beginning in 1960. Esposito served as co-best man, with Marty Lacker at Elvis’s wedding while Joe Esposito’s wife, Joan, served as the matron of honor. After Elvis’ death in 1977 Joe Esposito went to work for Jerry Weintraub becoming the road manager for greats including Michael Jackson, The Bee Gees, Karen Carpenter and John Denver.

Joe Esposito, Col. Tom Parker and Jerry Schilling served as principal consultants in the movie This Is Elvis.

Joe Esposito has 3 children, Debbie (born 1962) and Cindy (born 1966) from his first marriage to Joan (Roberts) and Anthony (born 1985) from his second marriage to Martha Gallub. Martha Gallub Esposito died on March 19, 2012, after a long fight with cancer.

Joe Esposito died November 23, 2016 after a year of declining health. Joe first met Elvis Presley in the Army in 1958 and began working for him soon after they were both released from the service in 1960 until literally the day he died seventeen years later. Joe was Elvis Presley’s right hand man and head of the Memphis Mafia.

Later Elvis offered Esposito a job but he became also Elvis’ confidant. He was Elvis’ road manager for many years, and supervised the many concerts that Elvis did after 1968. After Elvis’ death, he worked for a year at Graceland to settle all outstanding issues. He then worked as a road manager for The Bee Gees, John Denver, Karen Carpenter, Wayne Newton and Michael Jackson. In Las Vegas, he worked in a number of casinos like The Wynn, etc. Joe Esposito died yesterday in California. He had been struggling for a long time with health problems.

In the spring of this year Elvis’ former confidant and road manager Joe Esposito moved from Las Vegas to California. His daughter Cindy wanted her 78-year-old father have closer to her and his grandchildren. Esposito lived for many years in Las Vegas, and has also worked in the city for a long time.