Lisa Presley, died

Her death in Los Angeles on Thursday, after a life tinged with tragedy, came after a medical emergency and brief hospitalization.

She quoted her own response to a point-blank question about her problem posed to her on the “Today” show in 2018. “Once she colored a velvet couch with crayons, and once she ignored his warnings and got too close to the edge of the pool. “One time in the middle of the night I’m awoken by this incredibly loud noise coming from my father’s bedroom, which was right next to mine,” she related. “Twice he spanked her on her bottom,” she remembered. “Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis,” she sang in “Lights Out,” a song from “To Whom It May Concern,” her debut album, released in 2003. She married the singer and songwriter Danny Keough in 1988, the actor Nicolas Cage in 2002 and, most recently, in 2006, Michael Lockwood, a guitarist who was music director of her 2005 album, “Now What.” They divorced in 2021. “I’m a shaky man,” her famous father told reporters when his wife was admitted to Baptist Memorial Hospital for the birth, an occasion that made international news. “At 5:40 p.m., a few hours after the statement was released in Los Angeles, the developer Donald J. “I actually had to take, like, five days to process it because it was so spot on and authentic.” “My and my three daughters’ lives as we knew it were completely detonated and destroyed by his death,” she wrote. The daughter of one of the most celebrated performers in music history, Ms. The suicide of her only son, Benjamin Keough, at age 27 in 2020 hit her especially hard, an episode she wrote about movingly last year in an essay for People magazine to mark National Grief Awareness Day.

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock icon Elvis Presley, died Thursday, her mother said.

“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old. "This is devastating news," Cage said in a statement. "I was obsessed with death at a very early age.” "I am eternally grateful for the time I was lucky enough to be near her bright light and will forever cherish the quiet moments we shared," Butler said. She lit up every room, and I am heartbroken. “It’s not something that I now listen to and it’s different. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.” Elvis Presley died in August 1977. Li reported from New York. “It’s been all my life,” she told the AP in 2012, speaking of her father’s influence. She even formed direct musical ties with her father, joining her voice to such Elvis recordings as “In the Ghetto” and “Don’t Cry Daddy,” a mournful ballad that had reminded him of the early death of his mother (and Lisa Marie’s grandmother), Gladys Presley. “Priscilla Presley and the Presley family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Lisa Marie,”

The late singer and daughter of Elvis Presley wrote and sang about her grief and struggles.

[essay about grief](https://people.com/music/lisa-marie-presley-was-destroyed-by-son-benjamins-death-grief-essay/) following the death of her son Benjamin, Lisa Marie wrote in August 2022: "Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, in spite of what certain people or our culture wants us to believe. "And do me a favour, don't tell them that 'you can't imagine' their pain. By the following year, Lisa Marie was married to musician Michael Lockwood, and two years later their twin daughters Finley and Harper were born. "Ask them how they're doing, ask them to talk about their person. She was left glaring at him from the audience as he performed a medley of hits. It reached a number five on the Billboard chart, while her second album made the top 10. in the hopes that maybe today or as soon as possible, you can reach out to someone who is grieving someone they loved and lost. But she added: "I'm not into Michael-bashing at all. There was so much to live up to. "Many more people are suffering silently, addicted to opioids and other substances. Doctors said he died of a heart attack, which was likely brought on by his addiction to prescription barbiturates. "It's not so much a God thing.

Presley's son, Benjamin Keough died in 2020, and in her final Instagram post before her death, she spoke about grief.

"I've dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old," writes Presley, referring to her age when her father died. "My beloved daughter Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital. Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, in spite of what certain people or our culture wants us to believe. Presley's son, [Benjamin Keough died ](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/benjamin-keough-son-of-lisa-marie-presley-and-grandson-of-elvis-presley-dead-at-27/)in 2020, and in her final Instagram post before her death, she spoke about grief. [People magazine](https://people.com/music/lisa-marie-presley-was-destroyed-by-son-benjamins-death-grief-essay/) in honor of National Grief Awareness Day. "There is so much to learn and understand on the subject, but here's what I know so far: One is that grief does not stop or go away in any sense, a year, or years after the loss.