Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis’ only child, dies at 54 - NBC News

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LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley, the lone kid of stone icon Elvis Presley, died Thursday in Southern California, her parent said.

She was 54.

“It is with a dense bosom that I indispensable stock the devastating quality that my beauteous girl Lisa Marie has near us,” Priscilla Presley said successful a statement. “She was the astir passionate, beardown and loving pistillate I person ever known.”

Presley is acceptable to beryllium interred astatine Graceland, adjacent to her precocious lad Benjamin Keough, who died successful 2020, a typical of her daughter, histrion Riley Keough, told NBC News connected Friday.

"Lisa Marie’s last resting spot volition beryllium astatine Graceland, adjacent to her beloved lad Ben," the rep said. 

Lisa Marie's Presley father, Elvis, is besides buried astatine Graceland, the stone icon's famed Memphis mansion and shrine.

“Priscilla Presley and the Presley household are shocked and devastated by the tragic decease of their beloved Lisa Marie,” according to a connection by Graceland.

“They are profoundly grateful for the support, emotion and prayers of everyone, and inquire for privateness during this precise hard time.”

Hours earlier the announcement of Lisa Marie Presley's passing, Priscilla Presley said that her girl had been rushed to the hospital.

Deputies and Los Angeles County occurrence unit went to a location successful Calabasas precocious Thursday greeting aft they received a telephone astir a pistillate not breathing, officials said.

Responders were capable to find a pulse, and she was transported by ambulance, officials said.

Her father's bequest gained renewed involvement past twelvemonth done the movie "Elvis," which chronicled his meteoric emergence to fame and struggles with his controlling manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

Austin Butler, who played the rubric character, won the grant for champion show by an histrion successful a movie astatine Tuesday's Golden Globes.

 Lisa Marie Presley connected  Jan. 10, 2023 successful  Beverly Hills, Calif.Lisa Marie Presley successful Beverly Hills, Calif., connected Tuesday.Joe Scarnici / Getty Images for Icelandic Glacial

Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley were some astatine the Beverly Hilton to spot Butler triumph that award.

Lisa Marie was a vocalist who released her ain stone albums successful the 2000s and everlastingly influenced by her legendary father.

“It’s been each my life,” she told the AP successful 2012, speaking of her father’s influence. “It’s not thing that I present perceive to and it’s different. Although I mightiness perceive closer. I stay accordant connected the information that I’ve ever been an admirer. He’s ever influenced me.”

She adjacent formed nonstop philharmonic ties with her father, joining her dependable to specified Elvis recordings arsenic “In the Ghetto” and “Don’t Cry Daddy,” a mournful ballad that had reminded him of the aboriginal decease of his parent (and Lisa Marie’s grandmother), Gladys Presley.

Elvis Presley died successful August 1977. Lisa Marie was a 9-year-old staying astatine Graceland, his location successful Memphis, Tennessee, and said that erstwhile helium kissed her bully nighttime she "just had a feeling."

When she adjacent saw him, the pursuing day, helium was facedown successful the bathroom.

“All I cognize is I had it [a feeling], and it happened," she told Rolling Stone successful 2003. "I was obsessed with decease astatine a precise aboriginal age.”

Lisa Marie Presley was joined 4 times, astir famously to Michael Jackson, arsenic good arsenic to Nicolas Cage, Danny Keough and Michael Lockwood.

She had 2 children, histrion Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, with Keough. She besides had duplicate daughters with Lockwood.

Benjamin Keough died by termination successful 2020.

Presley was vocal astir her grief implicit losing her son, writing successful an effort successful August that she had “been surviving successful the horrific world of its unrelenting grips since my son’s decease 2 years ago.”

“I’ve dealt with death, grief and nonaccomplishment since the property of 9 years old. I’ve had much than anyone’s just stock of it successful my beingness and somehow, I’ve made it this far,” she wrote successful the effort shared with People magazine.

Diana Dasrath reported from Los Angeles and David K. Li reported from New York.

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