Tragedy has haunted Lisa Marie Presley almost from the cradle. sole heir of the rock king Elvis and they enjoyed a life of fame and luxury. Exactly, two days before his death, this Thursday, aged 54, after being hospitalized for cardiac arrest at his home in Calabasas, California, Lisa Marie joined with her mother Priscilla Presley –Sofia Coppola prepared a ‘biography’to the Golden Globe ceremony, as friends of the actor Austin ButlerHe won the best actor in a drama for his role as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann.
That day was no longer good. She has a video of her on the red carpet. what today makes hair stand on endbecause hesitant, hesitant and trying hard to keep his cool in front of the journalist who asked him some questions. She looks very fragile and suddenly she gets into her friend’s arm. not to fall.
It is unknown if he felt bad on Tuesday, but what is certain is Lisa has suffered a lot these past two years.. He suffered a terrible loss in 2020: The second of his four children committed suicide.. Presley expressed his grief in a poignant article last August, describing “since my son’s death he has lived in the horrific reality of his cruel claws.” Benjamin Keough was 27 when he committed suicide.
“It’s not a comfortable topic for anyone and it’s not very popular to talk about it. But if we’re going to make any progress on this, grief needs to be talked about,” she wrote on Instagram.
Last visit to Graceland
Also, like every January 8th on Elvis’ birthday, Lisa Marie visited Graceland last SundayThe mansion where his father lived.
Lisa Presley was born on February 1, 1968, when Elvis was at his peak; and only 9 months after her parents’ marriage. The marriage was dissolved when the girl was only 4 years old.
In the following years, Lisa Marie Presley experienced a series of events in the middle of her life that left their mark on her life. his quest to find his place in fame, money and music. “I’ve been dealing with death, pain and loss since I was 9 years old,” she wrote in People magazine.
Career overshadowed by fame
His life is documented from his own birth, has always been called by the legendary surname. But despite all this, he tried to start his own show business and pursue his own career in the music industry. He has released three albums. The first was ‘To Whom It May Be Interested’ in 2003; ‘Now What’ in 2005 and ‘Storm & Grace’ in 2012. He hasn’t released any other albums in over ten years.
failed marriages
His private life and the fame he’s pursued since he was little didn’t help in his career. And this Elvis’ daughter has starred in four of the most median marriages of recent decades.. It was almost as if it had been sung the rock king’s daughter had to marry the pop king, Michael Jackson. The (strange) couple was one of the most persecuted and photographed couples of the ’90s.
They got married in 1994. It had only been 20 days since the divorce. first husband, musician Danny KeoughThe current model, director and actor of ‘The Girlfriend Experience’, with whom she has her first two children. Riley Keoughand Benjamin Keough, a singer.
Presley met Michael Jackson at the age of 7., when she attended a few shows in Las Vegas. However, they became friends in 1992. As her first child abuse charges surfaced, the singer became addicted to Elvis’ relationship with her daughter: “I thought he had done nothing wrong and was wrongfully accused, and yes, I started falling in love with him. I wanted to save him,” she said. could not recover from sleeping pills and they divorced in 1996.
With the turn of the millennium would come her wedding. Nicolas Cage, including the open divorce, because they only lasted three months. From her last marriage to a music producer Michael Lockwoodhe had twins harper vivienne ann and Finley Aaron Love, who is 14 years old today. In 2016, Lisa filed for divorce, which she received in 2021.
Father’s death marked
He was only 9 years old when his father died of an illness. myocardial infarction. Elvis weighed 130 kilos and suffered from various degenerative diseases and had multiple addictions. The artist’s mother, Gladys, also died very young, at the age of 46. That’s why Lisa was always obsessed with the idea. She told about the moment of her father’s death in several interviews. They were at the famous Graceland Mansion, and he remembers kissing her good night shortly before he died. He explained in ‘Rolling Stone’ in 2003: “I had a feeling. He wasn’t right. I was obsessed with death at a very young age.”
She also inherited a very specific ‘Old Hollywood’ aesthetic from her father: a fluffy hairstyle (which also distinguished her mother), thin eyebrows and red lips. He liked to wear black and often leather. Annie Leibovitz immortalized three generations of the epic. Legendary cover of ‘Vogue’ USA August 2004: Priscilla, Lisa Marie and Riley.
alcohol and opioids
Like Elvis, he abused alcohol and drugs from a very young age. Priscilla tried to help him by sending him to various places. private schools and even a boarding school. “You might read this and wonder how I became a victim of opioids after losing people close to me,” he admitted in his 2019 book, ‘The United States of Opioids’.
While it’s true that he had philanthropic moments and founded a foundation in his father’s name and promoted access to musical education, he also got into the controversial Scientology.
Elvis, 77, left behind his daughter and grandchild Priscillaso she remembered Lisa Marie Presley: “She was the most passionate, strong, and loving woman I’ve ever known.”