Lisa Marie Presley, A singer whose blues-tinged voice carried over three albums and an only child Elvis PresleyHe died on Thursday at the age of 54.
“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter, Lisa Marie, has left us,” her mother, Priscilla Presley, said in a statement. Associated Press. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”
The announcement came hours after his mother confirmed he had been taken to a local hospital earlier Thursday. Presley suffered heart attack at his home in Calabasas, the LA County Fire Department confirmed Rolling Stone. A few days before the incident, Presley attended the Golden Globes with her mother Priscilla, where Austin Butler, who played Elvis in the musician’s biopic, was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. “Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I love you forever,” Butler said in his acceptance speech.
Born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1968, nine months after Elvis and Priscilla married, Lisa Marie grew up in the area until she was four years old and moved to Los Angeles with her mother in 1973 after her parents divorced. As the daughter of one of the most famous artists in history, Presley made her career in music. He released three albums: 2003’s To whom it may concernwhich was certified gold for over 500,000 units sold in the United States, in 2005 Why?and of 2012 Storm and grace. Throughout her work she pays tribute to a man whose style and voice will forever resonate across the American soundscape.
On his last album, Storm and Grace, A raw country, folk and blues collection embraces his Southern roots and family name. She talked to him the year it was released Rolling Stone About finding your roots as you get older. “I always feel a little bit like I need to fight and kick, I don’t know why. But all I’ve ever tried to do in the past was stomp on my feet,” she said. Rolling Stone. “It was always against me and hurting myself, even though I thought I was fighting other people. I had to go through those stages, I did. So, yeah, I don’t do that anymore.”
In 1988, she married musician Danny Keough. The couple separated six years later and had two children, including actress Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, who committed suicide in 2020 at the age of 27. people In August 2022, she said she felt “devastated” after the death of her son Benjamin. “My life and that of my three daughters as we knew it was completely exploded and destroyed by his death. We live on this every. single. day,” he wrote.
She was married to Michael Jackson from 1994 to 1996. Often referred to as the daughter of rock ‘n’ roll married to the King of Pop, their relationship attracted tabloid and media attention. Two years after her marriage to Jackson ended, Lisa Marie married actor Nicolas Cage on the 25th anniversary of Elvis’ death in a ceremony held in Hawaii. The couple announced their separation after four months of marriage.
Her fourth marriage was to Michael Lockwood, with whom she had twin daughters, Finley Lockwood and Harper Lockwood. They divorced in 2021.
Her father’s great legacy was a constant part of her life. In an interview in 2003 Rolling Stone After the release of her debut album, To whom it may concern, Presley recalled as a child hiding out and listening to music or singing to himself in front of the mirror. “My father will catch me,” she said. “I’m sure he got a kick out of it. He put me on the coffee table in front of everyone and made me sing.
In 2018, she sang a reimagining a couple on her title track with her father A posthumous collection of gospel songs, Where no one stands alone. “It was a very powerful and moving experience to sing with my father,” Lisa Marie wrote in her notes for the album. “The song speaks to me and touches my soul. I’m sure the song spoke to my father in the same way.”
Although Lisa Marie grew up on the West Coast, she regularly visited Elvis at Graceland. Her first single, “Lights Out”, reflects these memories: “I cried every time I left you, and then I didn’t want to see you. . . . I still set my watch two hours later. It was a habit that carried over into her daily life. Brought, and Lisa Marie set her watch for years after her time in Tennessee. Father’s death.
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