Lisa Marie Presley Feared She Would Be Forced to Live with Her Mom, Priscilla After Her Dad’s Death!

Published on October 8, 2024 | Published By: sitashma rijal | In controversy , Death

Lisa Marie Presley feared about living with her mom. source: Page Six

Lisa Marie said in her memoir that her world ended when her dad, Elvis Presley died in 1977.
Lisa’s parents Elvis and Priscilla divorced in October 1973.
Lisa Marie passed away at the age of 54 in January 2022. She rests at Graceland, the iconic estate of her father, alongside her son, Benjamin Keough.

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What was Lisa Marie Presley’s biggest nightmare?

Lisa Marie Presley recounts the terrifying moment she discovered her father, Elvis Presley, lifeless. Then the subsequent realization that she now had to live with her mother, Priscilla Presley, in a new book.

Lisa Marie, who passed away in January 2023, left behind hours of tapes that her actress daughter, Riley Keough, has transformed into the memoir From Here to the Great Unknown, which is now available.

When Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, passed away from a heart attack at his home in Memphis on August 16, 1977, his nine-year-old daughter Lisa Marie was residing with him at Graceland, his iconic estate.

In the book, Lisa recalls feeling something was not good that day so she ran to her dad’s room. There Elvis’s road manager and friend, Joe Esposito stopped her. He informed her that her dad was not feeling well.

Lisa Marie Presley was the only daughter of late Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla Presley — Lisa Marie was the only daughter of the late Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla Presley (Source: PEOPLE.com)

That could not stop Lisa from running to her dad’s bathroom where she saw him lying on the ground. She recalled, ”I tried to run to him, but somebody grabbed me and pulled me back.”

That wasn’t, however, the first time young Lisa Marie had seen her then 42-year-old dad in such a situation. She wrote in her book, “There were so many times that I found him down on the floor or unable to control his body very well. It was the barbiturates.”

But this time, “They were standing over him, moving him around and trying to work on him. I was screaming bloody murder. I knew it was not good. Then I got taken out of the room.”

How did Lisa Marie cope with her dad’s death?

The King of Rock and Roll was taken out on a stretcher while paramedics were trying their best to revive him, Lisa writes, “I started screaming that I wanted him, that I needed him, and I started kicking and punching whoever was holding me back, trying to get away from them, but they wouldn’t let me go.”

In the book, she also mentioned that she could not see her dad’s face one last time.

The pained 9-year-old smoked a cigarette with the niece of her dad’s last girlfriend Ginger Alden before her grandfather Vernon Presley said to her, “Your daddy’s gone, he’s gone! My son is gone!”

During the funeral, Presley’s open casket was kept at his home in Graceland before he was buried there.

The mom of four then writes, ‘‘I went down to where he was lying in the casket, just to be with him, to touch his face and hold his hand, to talk to him.” She added, “I asked him, ‘Why is this happening? Why are you doing this?’”

In October, Elis was moved to the backyard where he laid to rest next to his mom, Gladys. That was the moment Lisa Marie came to terms with the fact that she now only had her mom, Priscilla.

She writes, “That was the first time I really felt the loss — obviously from my dad passing away, but more than anything, I felt I was stuck with this woman.” The singer added, “It was a one-two punch. He’s dead and now I’m stuck with her.”

Also, Read Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough Pay Tribute to Lisa Marie on Her First Death Anniversary!

Lisa Marie would often dream about her late dad

The book also shows the relationship Lisa Marie had with her mom which was pretty bumpy all her life. She also confessed prompting Priscilla to send her to different schools and turn to the Church of Scientology for help.

The young girl would often dream of her dad where she would tell him he was gonna die. To that he would reply, ‘Darlin’, it’s already happened.”

Lisa Marie Presley is survived by three children (Source: PEOPLE.com)

Lisa Marie confessed that the dream only stopped in 1192 when she gave it to her son, Benjamin. Her daughter, Riley writes in the book, “I don’t think she ever processed the loss,” adding, “I certainly knew that she was heartbroken her whole life. I remember when I was little feeling angry at Elvis for leaving my mother and for causing all this pain.”

Somewhere in the book, Lisa Marie also confessed that she had kept her son, Benjamin’s dead body in her house in California before burying him in Graceland. She says in the book, “My house has a separate casitas bedroom and I kept Ben Ben in there for two months. There is no law in the state of California that you have to bury someone immediately,” adding, “I found a very empathetic funeral home owner. We’ll bring Ben Ben to you.”

Also, Read New Reports Suggest Lisa Marie Presley was Millions of Dollars in Debt Before her Death!

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