“The John Lennon experience did not turn into the Elvis Presley exploitation experience,” Mintz said. “This is not an attack on Priscilla Presley or any member of the Presley estate. It’s just that Yoko did it differently. At the very first moment, she decided there would be no funeral. The absence of a funeral set the tone for this not to be like what occurred in Memphis with forty white Cadillacs going down Elvis Presley Boulevard and the attendant mourners.

