Post by Admin on Jan 12, 2023 19:48:24 GMT -4
Lisa Marie Presley dies aged 54 after cardiac arrest
Lisa Marie Presley, US singer and only child of Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 54, her mother has said.
The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that her daughter was rushed to hospital late on Thursday.
‘It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,’ Priscilla said in a statement.
‘She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.
Earlier today Priscilla asked fans to keep her daughter Lisa Marie in their prayers, after she was rushed to hospital.
Mum-of-four Presley, who was born to Elvis and Priscilla, had appeared at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Tuesday to see Elvis star Austin Butler win best actor for his portrayal of her father.
It would be her last public appearance.
She was said to have been taken away in ambulance after paramedics performed CPR on Thursday at her home in Calabasas.
Sources added to TMZ that paramedics were ‘able to regain a pulse before she was transported’.
Priscilla, who was married to Elvis until 1973, has since issued a statement asking for privacy.
The mother and daughter both attended the Golden Globes on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, supporting Austin Butler who won an award for his portrayal of the King of Rock n Roll in biopic Elvis.
They both broke down weeping during Austin’s acceptance speech, in which he said he would love them both forever.
Tributes have poured in after the news of Lisa Presley’s death, as Grease star John Travolta wrote: ‘Lisa baby girl, I’m so sorry. I’ll miss you but I know I’ll see you again. My love and heart goes out to Riley, Priscilla, Harper and Finley.’
Musician Pink also shared a throwback photo of the pair with their arms around each other and grinning, and said the news ‘hurts my heart.’
‘Lisa Marie, you were one of a kind. Funny as s**t, smart as a whip, sensitive, talented, witty, mean, loving, generous, judgmental but always right, loyal, and you adored your children.’
Priscilla met Elvis when she was just 14 and he was 25 in 1959 at a party in Germany, with the then young girl permanently moving in with the star four years later.
They married in 1967, welcoming their daughter just nine months later.
However, they divorced in 1972, although they remained close until his death in 1977.
Singer-songwriter Presley owned and ran Elvis Presley Enterprises until 2005 when she sold the business, but still owns Elvis’ Memphis estate of Graceland.
She had two children with her ex-husband Danny Keough, Riley Keough, 33, and Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in July 2020, aged 27.
Presley had been grieving the death of her son Benjamin for two-and-a-half years.
Writing in an essay about his tragic death for People in August, she said: ‘Today is National Grief Awareness Day, and since I have been living in the horrific reality of its unrelenting grips since my son’s death two years ago.
‘I thought I would share a few things to be aware of in regard to grief for anyone who is interested. If not to help yourself but maybe to help another who is grieving… this is quite long, potentially triggering and very hard to confront… I’m sharing my thoughts in the hopes that somehow, we can change that.’
Presley married her first husband Danny in 1988 with the couple later divorcing in 1994.
Rest In Peace Lisa Marie
