Lisa Marie Presley, singer and the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, has died at the age of 54, after suddenly being hospitalised on Thursday.
Her 77-year-old mother confirmed Presley’s death later on Thursday night.
“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. “She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment.”
Lisa Marie was taken to hospital from her home in Calabasas, California, after a reported cardiac arrest. Her mother asked fans to keep her daughter in their prayers in a statement issued when the news first broke.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, Lisa Marie is the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. When her parents divorced, Lisa Marie moved with her mother to Los Angeles, but would return to her father’s Memphis home, Graceland.
When Elvis died in 1977, nine-year-old Lisa Marie became joint heir to his estate with her grandfather, Vernon Presley, and her great-grandmother, Minnie Mae Hood Presley. When she was 25, Lisa was the sole surviving heir of the estate, then valued at US$100m. In 2005, she sold the majority of the estate’s business shares to Industrial Media, but retained control of Graceland.
She Married the King of Pop in 1994. They were married for 18 months but she stayed a true supporter of Michael Jackson and defended him multiple times even after his death in 2009.
They had first met in 1975 when a seven-year-old Presley attended several of his concerts in Las Vegas. According to a friend of Lisa’s, “their adult friendship began in November 1992 in L.A.”
All our condolences & prayers to the Presley Family and their fans. Rest In Peace Lisa Marie Presley! We will miss you.
