Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her fatherB次元官网网址檚 legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. She was 54.

Her death in a Los Angeles hospital was confirmed by her mother, Priscilla, a few hours after her daughter was rushed to the hospital by paramedics after a medical episode at her home.

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She even formed direct musical ties with her father, joining her voice to such Elvis recordings as B次元官网网址淚n the GhettoB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淒onB次元官网网址檛 Cry Daddy,B次元官网网址� a mournful ballad which had reminded him of the early death of his mother (and Lisa MarieB次元官网网址檚 grandmother), Gladys Presley.

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Her birth, nine months exactly after her parentsB次元官网网址� wedding, was international news and her background was rarely far from her mind. With the release last year of Baz LuhrmannB次元官网网址檚 major musical feature B次元官网网址淓lvis,B次元官网网址� Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley had been attending red carpets and award shows alongside stars from the film.

She was at the Golden Globes on Tuesday, on hand to celebrate Austin ButlerB次元官网网址檚 award for playing her father. Just days before, she was in Memphis at Graceland B次元官网网址� the mansion where Elvis lived, and died B次元官网网址� on Jan. 8 to celebrate her fatherB次元官网网址檚 birth anniversary.

Presley lived with her mother, an actor known for B次元官网网址淒allasB次元官网网址� and the B次元官网网址淣aked GunB次元官网网址� movies, in California after her parents split up in 1973. She recalled early memories of her dad during her visits to Graceland, riding golf carts through the neighborhood and seeing his daily entrances down the stairs.

B次元官网网址淗e was always fully, fully geared up. YouB次元官网网址檇 never see him in his pajamas coming down the steps, ever,B次元官网网址� she told The Associated Press in 2012. B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檇 never see him in anything but B次元官网网址榬eady to be seenB次元官网网址� attire.B次元官网网址�

Elvis Presley died in August 1977, when he was just 42, and she 9 years old. Lisa Marie was staying at Graceland at the time and would recall him kissing her goodnight hours before he would collapse and never recover. When she next saw him, the following day, he was lying face down in the bathroom.

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She would later make headlines of her own. Struggles with drugs and some very public marriages. Her four husbands included Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage.

Jackson and Presley were married in the Dominican Republic in 1994, but the marriage ended two years later and was defined by numerous awkward public appearances, including an unexpected kiss from Jackson during the MTV B次元官网网址 Music Awards and a joint interview with Diane Sawyer when she defended her husband against allegations he had sexually abused a minor.

Her other celebrity marriage was even shorter: Cage filed for divorce after four months of marriage in 2002.

B次元官网网址淚 had to sort of run into many walls and trees,B次元官网网址� she told the AP in 2012. B次元官网网址淏ut now I can also look back at it and tell you all the stuff that was going on around me and all the different people around me and all the awww B次元官网网址� and it was not a good situation anyway. That wasnB次元官网网址檛 helping. Either way, it was a growing process. It was just in a different way. It was just out in front of everybody all the time. Because itB次元官网网址檚 all documented of course.B次元官网网址�

Lisa Marie became involved in numerous humanitarian causes, from anti-poverty programs administered through the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation to relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. She would receive formal citations from New Orleans and Memphis, Tennessee for her work.

Presley had two children, actor Riley Keough, born in 1989, and Benjamin Keough, born in 1992, with her former husband Danny Keough. She also had twin daughters, Harper and Finley Lockwood, with ex-husband Michael Lockwood in 2008.

Her marriage to Lockwood would end in a combative and protracted divorce that began in 2016 and still was not resolved when she died, though they were declared single in 2021. The fight saw the girls, now 15, put temporarily in protective custody in 2017. Presley and Lockwood later had joint custody, but were still at odds over the issue, with Lockwood seeking more child support from Presley.

Benjamin Keough died by suicide in 2020 at 27. Presley was vocal about her grief, writing in an essay last August that she had B次元官网网址渂een living in the horrific reality of its unrelenting grips since my sonB次元官网网址檚 death two years ago.B次元官网网址�

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B次元官网网址淏ut this one, the death of my beautiful, beautiful son? The sweetest and most incredible being that I have ever had the privilege of knowing, who made me feel so honored every single day to be his mother? Who was so much like his grandfather on so many levels that he actually scared me? Which made me worry about him even more than I naturally would have?B次元官网网址� the essay continued. B次元官网网址淣o. Just no B次元官网网址� no no no no B次元官网网址�B次元官网网址�

Lisa Marie became the sole heir of the Elvis Presley Trust after her father died. Along with Elvis Presley Enterprises, the trust managed Graceland and other assets until she sold her majority interest in 2005. She retained ownership of Graceland Mansion itself, the 13 acres around it and items inside the home. Her son is buried there, along with her father and other members of the Presley family.

Lisa Marie Presley is a former Scientologist B次元官网网址� her son was born in 1992 under guidelines set by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, according to an AP story at the time B次元官网网址� but later broke with Scientology.

Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley would make regular trips to Graceland during huge fan celebrations on the anniversaries of ElvisB次元官网网址� death and birthday. One of the two airplanes at Graceland is named the Lisa Marie.

After her first album B次元官网网址淭o Whom It May Concern,B次元官网网址� in 2003, some fans came out to see her perform just out of curiosity given her famous family, she told the AP in 2005.

B次元官网网址淔irst I had to overcome a pre-speculated idea of me,B次元官网网址� she said of the barriers to becoming a singer-songwriter.

B次元官网网址淚 had to sort of burst through that and introduce myself, and that was the first hurdle, and then now sing in front of everybody, and then that was the second one, and IB次元官网网址檓 the offspring of B次元官网网址� you know, who IB次元官网网址檓 the offspring of B次元官网网址� I had a few hurdles to get through, no doubt about it,B次元官网网址� she continued. B次元官网网址淏ut the scales never tipped in the other direction too much.B次元官网网址�

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