Fans are reeling from the sudden death of Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of legendary
rockstar Elvis Presley and actor Priscilla Presley.
On January 12, TMZ reported that Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital after suffering
from cardiac arrest.
She was in attendance at the 2023 Golden Globes Award ceremony only days before, supporting
the Austin Butler-led biopic "Elvis," about the life of her late father.
"I can't even describe what it meant."
On the same night, Priscilla confirmed that her daughter had died.
She said in a statement to People,
"It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter
Lisa Marie has left us.
She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known.
We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss.
Thank you for the love and prayers.
At this time there will be no further comment."
Fans took no time to rush to Lisa Marie's social media to wish her peace.
One fan wrote,
"A part of America has died with you tonight."
Another said,
"Rest in Peace you beautiful human, you're with your loved ones you missed so dearly now."
Some fans also paid tribute to Elvis, as well as Lisa Marie's late son, Benjamin Keough.
A fan commented,
"Sending your family and loved ones so much love.
I know you are all together."
Heartbreakingly, fans' condolences came under Lisa Marie's last-ever Instagram post, which
was all about her son.
Lisa Marie Presley's last Instagram post was a screengrab of the essay she wrote for People
about mourning the death of her son, Benjamin Keough.
In 2020, Keough died by suicide at the age of 27.
At the time, a representative for Lisa Marie told CNN that she was, quote, "entirely heartbroken,
inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11 year old twins and
her oldest daughter Riley."
The rep noted how much Lisa Marie "adored that boy" and that she considered him as "the
love of her life."
It wasn't until two years later that Lisa Marie discussed her son's death at length.
In her emotional essay, she wrote that losing Keough was her "worst nightmare."
She shared,
"Grief does not stop or go away in any sense, a year, or years after the loss ... Nothing,
absolutely NOTHING takes away the pain, but finding support can sometimes help you feel
a little bit less alone."
In an attempt to help more people who were also grieving, she shared the post on her
Instagram page on National Grief Awareness Day in 2022.
She said,
"I thought I'd post it here in the hopes that anyone who needs to hear all of this it helps
in some way."
Fans shared their appreciation, with wife of late singer Chris Cornell, Vicky Cornell
saying,
"Everything you write hits home- for those of us who have faced tragic loss and a pain
that one only knows when having to bear the unbearable."
After Benjamin Keough's death, his friend, musician Brandon Howard told People that Keough
struggled with depression and that he had a tough time living up to the Presley legacy.
In her essay for the same outlet, Lisa Marie Presley admitted that she couldn't help but
place the blame on herself for losing her son.
She wrote,
"I already battle with and beat myself up tirelessly and chronically, blaming myself
every single day and that's hard enough to now live with, but others will judge and blame
you too, even secretly or behind your back which is even more cruel and painful on top
of everything else."
Lisa Marie understandably stepped away from the spotlight after Keough's death, and when
she emerged on Instagram in 2022 to help promote the "Elvis" film, she confessed that she was
still, quote, "navigating through this hideous grief that absolutely destroyed and shattered
my heart."
Still, Lisa Marie did share a heartwarming photo of her and her son's matching tattoos.
She wrote in a July 2022 post,
"Several years ago, on Mother's Day, my son and I got these matching tattoos on our feet.
It's a Celtic eternity knot.
We carefully picked it to represent our eternal love and our eternal bond."