Facts about Lisa Marie Presley

The singer Lisa Marie Presleydaughter of music legend Elvis Presley, died on Thursday (12), aged 54after being rushed to a hospital in the Los Angeles area, the mother said.

“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said in a statement.

Lisa Marie Presley was, on Tuesday (10), at the Golden Globewhich she attended with her mother to support the film “Elvis”, in Baz Luhrmannabout his late father.

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Born at the height of Elvis fame in 1968, Lisa Marie Presley grew up in the spotlight as the singer’s only child.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley split in 1972 when he was 4, and she was just 9 when her father died in 1977.

Public interest in her life – from her marriages to her private tragedies – never waned until, like her father, she was taken too soon.

Childhood

Lisa Marie Presley was seen as the princess of the man celebrated as “The King of Rock”.

At a young age, she had a rebellious streak and experimented with drugs, prompting her mother to send her to a series of private schools, including a boarding school in Ojai.

In 2003, Lisa told the Los Angeles Times that, as a child, she “was kind of a loner, a melancholy, weird kid.”

“I was in real self-destructive mode for a while,” she told the publication. “I never fit in at school. I really didn’t have any direction.”

Musical career

Like her father, Lisa made a career in music and in 2003 she released her debut album, “To Whom It May Concern”, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and was certified gold that summer.

She wrote nearly all of the lyrics on the album and co-wrote all of the melodies.

At the time, the heiress told Larry King that she had to “stop” the feelings of pressure and comparison with her legendary singer father.

“If I was thinking about it, worrying about it, which I kind of have been for a long time, I would never have done what was innate in my heart, in my soul,” he said.

“So I had to stop worrying about it, it was too intimidating otherwise.”

Around the same time, Lisa Marie Presley reflected on whether her famous name was a hindrance or a help, but said she “would never take away any part of who I am or where I came from”.

“I would never want to be a part of anything else (…) I feel honored and proud of my family and my father”.

She released two more albums: “Now What”in 2005 and “Storm & Grace”in 2012.

Love life

Presley was married four times.

In 1988, she married the musician Danny Keough in 1988, with whom he had a daughter, Riley Keough, and son Benjamin Storm Keough.

The couple divorced in May 1994, and about three weeks later, Lisa married Michael Jackson in a ceremony that made headlines around the world.

She commented about Jackson in a 2003 interview with ABC News and Diane Sawyer: “When he wants to trap you, intrigue you or capture you, or you know, whatever he wants to do to you, he can do it.”

She added that she “fell for it, ‘poor, sweet, misunderstood man, I’m going to save him’… fell in love with him.”

Their marriage ended in January 1996.

Two years later, she married the actor Nicolas Cage after meeting him at a party, but was only married to him for three months, from August to November 2002. Their divorce was finalized in 2004.

His fourth marriage took place in 2006, with his guitarist, music producer and director. Michael Lockwood. The duo welcomed twins Finley Aaron Love Lockwood and Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood in 2007.

They got divorced in 2016.

loss of son

In 2020, Lisa Marie Presley’s son, Benjamin Keough, died by suicide at age 27.

Last July, she marked the second anniversary of Keough’s death on Instagram, sharing a photo of the tattoo they got together.

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In September, Presley wrote an essay for National Grief Awareness Day, in which she opened up about the loss of her son.

“My three daughters’ lives as we knew them were completely shattered and shattered by her death. We live this every day,” she wrote.

“Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, despite what certain people or our culture would have us believe. You don’t ‘get over it,’ you don’t ‘move on,’ period,” she said.

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“May she be at peace”

Tributes poured in for Lisa Marie Presley as news of her death spread.

“This is devastating news. Lisa has the best laugh of anyone I’ve ever met. She lit up every room and I am heartbroken,” said Nicolas Cage. “I find some solace in believing she is reunited with her son Benjamin.”

Actor John Travolta wrote that he would miss his friend “but I know I’ll see you again.” “My love and heart goes out to Riley, Priscilla, Harper and Finley,” he wrote on Instagram.

Actress Leah Remini said she was “heartbroken by the passing of Lisa Marie Presley”, adding that “Lisa has not had an easy life, as some may think”.

“May she be at peace resting with her son and father now,” she wrote on Twitter.

This content was originally created in English.

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