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MEMPHIS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Chilean miner Edison Pena, the Elvis fan trapped underground for months, gets a chance to visit his idol's haunts and celebrate his birthday next week.
Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern said Pena will get "the King-sized Elvis visit" with a private tour of Elvis' Memphis home, airplanes and car museum, The Commercial Appeal reported Friday.
Graceland collaborated with the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Tupelo, Miss., Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Peabody Hotel, Delta Air Lines and American Dream Safari for Pena's visit.
Plans call for Pena to cut the giant cake on Graceland's front lawn on the Jan. 8 observance of what would have been Elvis' 76th birthday, which the miner says is just fine.
"I'm not a greedy person," Pena said. "I'm a person who receives gifts that life has given me."
Pena's Memphis visit also includes attending practice of the Memphis Grizzlies professional basketball team with a chance to meet Spanish-speaking players Marc Gasol of Barcelona and Greivis Vasquez of Caracas, Venezuela, The Commercial Appeal said. He will be honorary duckmaster at The Peabody before attending an Elvis-themed Memphis Grizzlies-Utah Jazz game.
He also will have a private recording session at Sun Studio before attending the Elvis Birthday Pops concert by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
While in Elvis's hometown of Tupelo Jan. 9, Pena will receive the key to the city and visit the Tupelo Hardware Store where Elvis got his first guitar.
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