Born with a golden key
Surrounded by a star halo
But a life full of tragedy
Lisa Marie Pressley, the only daughter of rock legend Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 54.
Lisa Marie Presley has shrouded countless auras. As the daughter of "Elvis Presley", she experienced the loss of her father in childhood and inherited hundreds of millions of family properties, but she was accompanied by drugs as a teenager.
Her other famous identity is Michael Jackson's ex-wife, and the two had an 18-month marriage. Until MJ's death, she was the Pop King's most trusted friend.
In addition, Lisa also had a separate marriage with big movie star Nicolas Cage, and eventually separated due to personality incompatibility.
On Thursday morning local time, Lisa, who went into cardiac arrest and lost consciousness, was rushed to the hospital, helpless to recover. Shortly after her 77-year-old mother, Priscilla, arrived at the hospital, Lisa passed away. The family has not disclosed the exact cause of his death.
Two days before the incident, Lisa (pictured below, second from right) also appeared in Beverly Hills with her mother to attend the Golden Globes Awards as a member of the "Elvis" biopic crew.
Austin Butler, a young actor who played his father "Elvis" in the film, won Best Actor in a Feature Film that night, and especially thanked Lisa's family when he took the stage to give a speech: "Thank you for opening your heart to me and sharing your memories, your home..."
01
The childhood of Elvis Presley's only daughter
Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968. It was the most popular era of "Elvis", and his father Elvis Presley won the Grammy to the top of the "King of Rock", and regarded his only daughter as a pearl in his hand.
The parents' marriage was not consummated, and Elvis Presley and Priscilla separated in 1972, when Lisa was only 4 years old.
Fortunately, her parents loved her very much, and Elvis would accompany her in the legendary mansion "Yayuan" when she was not working, living a childhood surrounded by toys and expensive children's clothing.
However, the good times did not last long, and on August 16, 1977, the 42-year-old Elvis fainted in the bathroom of his home, and his medical rescue was ineffective. The media said he died of a heart attack caused by a drug overdose.
"I've had to face death, grief and loss since I was 9 years old," Lisa wrote in an article last year. As a child, she saw her father fall face down to the ground and cried in fear, which was the first time she broke down.
Lisa became a rebellious teenager, and as a teenager she became addicted to drugs.
Her mother kept transferring her to private schools and boarding schools in order to give her a better environment to grow up, but with little success. "She was lonely as a child, had no friends, and was a melancholy and eccentric child at school."
Lisa herself recalls that she was in a state of "self-destruction" during that time: "I never integrated into school, I didn't have any direction in life. ”
On the other hand, she was one of the richest children in the United States at the time.
As the ultimate sole heir to Elvis Presley's estate (the other two heirs, grandpa and grandmother), Lisa acquired hundreds of millions of dollars in property, as well as the mansion in Memphis.
No one expected that people with so much money would end up living on debt.
02
Four troubled marriages
Lisa Marie Presley has experienced four marriages and had a bumpy relationship.
In 1988, Lisa, who was determined, finally succeeded in rehabilitating drug addiction and started a new life. She was 20 years old and married singer Danny Keagh.
The marriage lasted six years, with a son and a daughter, and they divorced in Dominica in 1994.
The two still maintain a family-like relationship after their divorce, and they lived together before Lisa's death this year, and it was the ex-husband who finally found Lisa fainting and performing CPR for her.
The two divorced in May 1994, and three weeks later, Lisa and Michael Jackson were married in a flash of lightning, which shocked the world.
Lisa met MJ at concert when she was 7 years old, but it wasn't until 1992, when she was 24, that she formed a friendship with him. Soon after, Jackson is accused of child abuse and falls into a low ebb, when Lisa is by his side to enlighten him.
In a later interview, Lisa recalled that she had a strong rescue complex at that time, and the peerless genius in front of her fell into an unprecedented predicament, "This poor, misunderstood man, I want to save him..."
This is how the relationship began, and the marriage between the two lasted only 18 months before ending hastily. After a while, Lisa accompanied MJ to perform abroad as a friend, soothing his heart when he was down.
In 2002, Lisa fell in love with Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, and there was another flash marriage and divorce, and they divorced 107 days later.
Two people with personality problems collide together, and quarrels become commonplace. Once when the two went out to sea, Lisa even took off the 6-carat diamond ring on her finger in anger and threw it into the sea.
Lisa's fourth marriage took place in 2006, when she started her own music career and married her partner, musician and producer Michael Lockwood.
In 2008, they gave birth to twin daughters, and the marriage was relatively long-lasting until they divorced in 2016 due to emotional breakdown.
The end this time was not decent, and the two fought for several years over property issues.
Because of this, people are surprised to learn that Elvis Presley's daughter is now so heavily indebted, not only ruining the hundreds of millions of dollars left to her by her father, but also owing more than $16 million in foreign debt.
In the end, it was the mother who came forward and sold her property, which solved the financial trouble for her middle-aged daughter.
03
End a life in pain
In the last ten years of her life, Lisa lived very embarrassed and miserable.
After giving birth to twin daughters in 2008, in order to recover after giving birth, Lisa became dependent on drugs, fell into a drug nightmare again, and entered a drug rehabilitation center several times, and her mental problems worsened.
After divorcing Lockwood in 2016, the long divorce lawsuit continued until 2021, leaving Lisa exhausted.
But none of this is as heartbreaking as her son's death - in 2020, her son Benjamin Keo (pictured below, first from right) committed suicide at the age of 27, which dealt a heavy blow to the already devastated Lisa.
On National Grief Awareness Day last September, Lisa wrote an article about that sad experience.
"My life with my three daughters was completely destroyed by the news of his death... Although our culture wants us to find solace in our faith, sadness will remain with you for the rest of your life, and there is no 'overcoming' or 'moving on', and that's what it is." ”
She said that her three daughters became her only motivation to live, "because my son made it very clear in the last moments of his life that taking care of his sisters was his primary concern." ”
As Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa also had shining moments in music.
In 2003, she released her first studio album as a singer and single-handedly wrote the songwriting. The album "To Whom It May Concern" reached number 5 on the Billboard 200 list.
When promoting the album, she was interviewed by the famous talk show host Larry King, saying that she had let go of the pressure of her life and "no longer compared herself to her singer father."
"If I keep dwelling on this, I will never be able to accomplish what I want to do deep down."
She said she often reflected on whether fame was good or bad for her, but ultimately found no answer.
"But one thing for sure, I don't shy away from 'who I am,' and I never want to be a part of anything else."
When she reached middle age, she finally accepted the fact that she was Elvis Presley's daughter, and "I am proud of my family and my father."
Text, Editor/Cardi C
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