The only child of Elvis, Lisa Marie Presley, died after being hospitalized on the same day on Thursday. The American singer-songwriter was 54 years old.
Priscilla Presley, the mother of Lisa Marie, confirmed her daughter’s passing in a statement with PEOPLE.
“She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment.”
Earlier that day, Priscilla shared on her social media accounts that Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital. According to a source, paramedics were dispatched to a Calabasas home in the morning after receiving a report of a woman in cardiac arrest. It was then found that Lisa Marie was a resident of the said home.
After arriving at the address, the paramedics administered epinephrine before performing CPR. When they assessed that the patient still had signs of life, they immediately took her to a nearby hospital in West Hills.
Last Tuesday, Lisa Marie attended the Golden Globes together with her mother, Priscilla. This presence in the prestigious award ceremony was to celebrate the recognition of Austin Butler who portrayed her father in the ‘Elvis’ film. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, she called the performance mind-blowing.
“I really didn’t know what to do with myself after I saw it. I had to take, like, five days to process it because it was so incredible and so spot on and just so authentic that, yeah, I can’t even describe what it meant.”
On January 8, Lisa Marie celebrated her father’s birthday in Memphis at the Graceland mansion where Elvis lived.
With ex-husband Danny Keough, Lisa Marie had two children – Riley and Benjamin Keough.
Riley Keough, 33, is an American actress and model who carved her own path in Hollywood. Together with friend Gina Gammell, Riley wrote and made the film “War Pony”. Her mother expressed how proud she is of the two after winning the Caméra d’Or Award at Cannes last year.
Benjamin Keough took his own life in 2020 which left a deep wound in his mother’s heart. He was an actor and 27 years old at the time. Lisa Marie’s last social media post was a tribute to her son in which she wrote an essay about grief on National Grief Awareness Day last year.
Lisa Marie also shared a photo of her and her son’s matching tattoos on their feet. The tattoo was a Celtic eternity knot that symbolizes eternal love and bond. Others have expressed how she is such a strong person for keeping it together for her other children.
In 2008, Lisa Marie had twins with her ex-husband Michael Lockwood. Finley and Harper are 14 years old. In a social media post, Lisa Marie shared photos of her and the twins saying they’ve been fostering pups from a shelter which has been an exhausting but rewarding experience.
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