As you already know by now, singer and songwriter Lisa Marie Presley died on January 12th, 2023,
at the age of 54 – in her California home.
She had been hospitalized earlier that day after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Her premature death has shocked us all and her family continues to grieve.
And as we continue to look back on her incredible life and career, there are some sad details
that have come to light since her death.
These details are likely to cause some more controversy and we can only hope that they
get resolved sooner than later.
Plus, there seems to be a dispute over her will…
Join FactsVerse to learn about the Lisa Marie Presley details that came to light after her
death…
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LISA MARIE PRESLEY’S FINAL DAYS
No one would have expected or predicted that Lisa Marie Presley would die at such a young
age and all of a sudden.
But the truth is, it’s because most of us didn’t know what was happening behind the
scenes.
While many celebrities have lives that are open for the world to see, others are more
private and often hide their pain – even if it kills them inside.
Only now do we know that Lisa Marie Presley did indeed have some serious health problems
in the final days leading up to her untimely death.
She had an opioid addiction and she had lost between 40 to 50 pounds!
Apparently, she was on an intensive weight loss regimen in order to look better at red
carpet events.
Yet it was this very desire to improve her overall health that damaged her health.
To lose weight is often healthy, but to lose it at such a rapid rate is certainly not advisable.
She became addicted to these supposed medicines and rather than being an aid, they became
a crutch for her.
It was at the final red carpet event, the 2023 Golden Globes where we saw her weight
loss.
No doubt the paparazzi were eager to snap photos and praise was thrown at her for looking
so good.
Yet, the method she had to undertake to look picture-friendly is what ultimately led to
her demise.
Sadly, it wasn’t just her addiction to opioids that caused Lisa Marie Presley stress during
her final days.
She also had serious financial issues including a $4 million tax debt from the IRS.
The IRS hounded her and no doubt this added to the immense stress she experienced during
her final days.
It’s also believed that she had spent most of the $100 million inheritance that she received
after her father, Elvis Presley died.
If we now look back at her interviews during the Golden Globes we can now clearly see that
she didn’t appear as composed as she once was.
She even attended an event to celebrate her father’s 88th birthday.
At this event, she made the revelation that she seldom leaves her house now and that her
fans are the only people who can convince her to do so.
Perhaps we didn’t give a second thought to that statement then, but we sure think
about it a lot more now.
Perhaps she was telling us about her pain, and we failed to listen…
LISA MARIE PRESLEY’S GRIEF
Without a doubt, Lisa Marie Presley had an immensely successful career as a singer and
songwriter.
Often, the public can envy celebrities because of their career success.
After all, she wrote and performed songs that we loved to listen to and will continue to
sing along with for many years to come.
She was a very wealthy woman.
She was adored by fans and she attended red carpet events – how many of us would want
an exciting life like that?
But behind the glamour, many celebrities have troubled lives and such was the case with
Lisa Marie Presley.
She experienced many traumatic incidents throughout her life.
First, her parents divorced at a young age.
Then her father, one of the most famous men in the world, died when she was only a child.
She would later reveal that she was the victim of sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather,
Michael Edwards.
She was married four times, and all her marriages ended in divorce.
Her second marriage was to the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson.
While the two were in love, this couldn’t have happened at a more challenging time – when
he was facing charges of child molestation.
The trauma weighed on Lisa Marie Presley as she supported her husband.
Later, her fourth marriage to Michael Lockwood would end in divorce as she claimed that he
possessed illegal pornography.
But the most harrowing event in her life was when her son Benjamin committed suicide.
In the final years of her life, she became more open about the grief she felt surrounding
this incident.
While one can only expect this, perhaps we all ignored just how much of a toll it took
on her, and perhaps we didn’t consider that this made it hard for Lisa Marie Presley to
continue living a normal life.
She stated that grief was something that she would carry for the rest of her life.
She stated that in spite of what our culture believes, anyone who experiences grief cannot
simply move on and will feel immense grief for the rest of their lives.
Nevertheless, she didn’t talk about her grief too often – which is perhaps why we
didn’t pay so much attention to it.
Most of the time, she smiled for the cameras – no matter what she was feeling behind
the façade.
LISA MARIE PRESLEY’S ESTATE
While her death came too early, Lisa Marie Presley can now finally rest in peace.
However, the grief that her family has experienced since her passing has now, unfortunately,
brought much turmoil.
In her will, Lisa Marie Presley only seemed to have named her daughter Riley as her sole
heir.
This has brought issues among two of her ex-husbands, Michael Lockwood and Danny Keough.
Thankfully, Nicholas Cage, her third husband, hasn’t seemed to request anything and has
only offered his condolences and support.
There seems to be a feud between Danny and Michael on who will retain sole custody of
Lisa Marie Presley’s twin daughters.
Apparently, these two men hated each other in the first place so one can only expect
further strife.
There has been an ongoing court battle and the end is nowhere in sight at present.
Lisa Marie Presley is also survived by her mother, Priscilla Presley.
She is working to invalidate her daughter’s will, seeing that she doesn’t seem to be
mentioned in it at all!
Priscilla Presley along with Lisa Marie’s former business manager Barry Siegler were
the managers of The Promenade Trust.
This was a trust that managed and owned a significant portion of Elvis Presley’s estate.
Apparently, before her passing Priscilla Presley and Barry Siegler were removed from the trust
by Lisa Marie.
However, Priscilla Presley maintains that she was consulted about the decision and that
the document removing her and Siegel has no validity and should be declared null and void.
There’s also speculation as to whether this petition is even legitimate.
Priscilla Presley’s name is misspelled in the document and Lisa Marie Presley’s signature
doesn’t seem to be the same as her other signatures on other documents.
Daughter Riley Keough is the main beneficiary and perhaps the only one – as far as we
know at present.
At present, Priscilla Presley’s legal team hasn’t made any public statements regarding
this issue.
One can only hope that this matter gets resolved quickly and that it doesn’t lead to any
further strife or bad blood within the family.
LISA MARIE PRESLEY’S LEGACY
These Lisa Marie Presley details that came to light after her death certainly hasn’t
been pleasant and just show the challenges that she and many other celebrities face when
the cameras aren’t rolling and when all eyes aren’t on them.
But we’d like to end this rather difficult story on a positive note.
While there has been lots of media regarding Lisa Marie Presley’s final days and the
feuds surrounding her estate and we expect this will only continue, there have also been
retrospectives on her success as an entertainer and philanthropist.
While she did leave the Church of Scientology and made public statements condemning them,
she also was able to do a lot of good while she was a member of the Church.
She and Isaac Hayes were instrumental in helping improve reading and literacy programs in schools
across the country.
She was so revered for the charitable works that she won numerous awards for it.
For some, she was a singer and songwriter, for others she was a philanthropist.
Despite the trauma and grief that she felt her entire life, she never stopped giving
and helping out those who weren’t as fortunate as she was.
While she may have had financial debts and wasn’t always responsible with her money,
she also gave a lot of money away to those who needed it more.
As we continue to mourn her loss, we’ll continue to be bogged down with the sad news
surrounding her final days and the controversies that have ensued.
But let’s also remember with joy, the life of one of our great entertainers and philanthropist.
Let’s also remember Lisa Marie Presley, a great human being….
So, now let’s hear from you:
Are you a fan of Lisa Marie Presley’s?
Have you heard about these details that came to light since her passing?
Her death as we’ve mentioned before came as a shock, and we wish her family well during
this trying time.
And now, here’s what we want to know:
Do you think that there is enough sympathy for the pain that celebrities have to endure?
Or do we treat them like demigods and forget that they also struggle as we do?
By the way – be sure to check out our previous video on Lisa Marie Presley’s life and career!