Why Riley Keough Says Mom Lisa Marie Presley Died “of a Broken Heart”

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Daisy Jones & The Six prima Riley Keough elaborate wherefore she thinks her ma Lisa Marie Presley, the lone girl of Elvis Presley, died from much than surgical complications. 

Lisa Marie Presley’s Memoir to beryllium Released By Daughter Riley Keough

Riley Keough knew her ma was struggling. 

Over a twelvemonth aft her parent Lisa Marie Presley, the lone girl of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died successful January 2023, the Daisy Jones & The Six prima shared wherefore she believes her mother’s passing partially stemmed from her precocious member Benjamin Keough’s 2020 decease astatine the property of 27. 

“My ma tried her champion to find spot for maine and my younger sisters aft Ben died, but we knew however overmuch symptom she was in,” Riley—who is fractional sister to 15-year-old twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, whom her ma shared with ex Michael Lockwood—told People successful an nonfiction published Sept. 25. “My ma physically died from the aft effects of her surgery, but we each knew she died of a breached heart.”

Lisa, who died successful 2023 owed to a tiny bowel obstruction pursuing bariatric surgery, had opened up astir her grief pursuing the nonaccomplishment of her lad anterior to her death. 

“My and my 3 daughters' lives arsenic we knew it were wholly detonated and destroyed by his death,” Lisa—who shared Benjamin and Riley with ex Danny Keough—wrote successful a 2022 effort for People. “I've had much than anyone's just stock of it successful my beingness and somehow, I've made it this far. But this one, the decease of my beautiful, beauteous son? No. Just no.”

Earlier this year, Riley, 35, and Penguin Random House announced they would beryllium posthumously publishing a memoir by Lisa Marie, From Here to the Great Unknown, connected Oct. 8. 

"Few radical had the accidental to cognize who my ma truly was, different than being Elvis's daughter," Riley shared successful a January property release. “I was fortunate to person had that accidental and moving connected preparing her autobiography for work has been a privilege, albeit a bittersweet one.”

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The upcoming memoir volition beryllium mostly written successful Lisa Marie’s ain words, with her eldest girl adding context. 

Coming connected the tails of Baz Lurhmann’s Elvis biopic successful 2022 and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla movie successful 2023, the memoir claims to beryllium “the astir intimate look astatine the Presley household to date.”

“Her anticipation with this publication was conscionable quality connection," Riley explained of her mother’s volition successful penning to People. “I anticipation that successful an bonzer condition radical subordinate to a precise quality acquisition of love, heartbreak, loss, addiction and family.”

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