Nation IN BRIEF : TENNESSEE : Presley’s Autopsy Faces New Review

An independent forensic pathologist will re-examine Elvis Presley’s autopsy reports in a move that could settle a dispute over whether the singer died of a drug overdose or a heart attack. A Health Department spokeswoman said in Nashville that the decision was made as a courtesy to the Shelby County Commission, which filed a lawsuit last month in an attempt to force the state to reopen an investigation into the singer’s 1977 death. Dr. Jerry Francisco’s most disputed finding as Shelby County medical examiner is that the late rock ‘n’ roll star died of heart disease--not from drug abuse as many people believe.