Two days will have passed between Lisa Marie Presley’s last public appearance and her sudden death on Thursday at age 54 after a heart attack in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, the daughter of Elvis Presley was present at the Golden Globes to support the three nominations forElvis, biopic about his father directed by Baz Luhrmann. And the young actor Austin Butler, who plays the King in the feature film, paid tribute to him by collecting the trophy for best actor in a dramatic film.
Lisa Marie Presley and her mother, Priscilla, sat around the table occupied by the film crew. When the actor collected the award from him, he reserved a few words from his speech to the singer’s widow and daughter, who died in 1977 at the age of 42:
“I would like to thank the Presley family,” he said, under the visibly moved gaze of the two concerned. “Thank you, thank you for opening your hearts, your memories, and your home to me. Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I love you forever.”
A few hours after the death of Lisa Marie Presley, this excerpt from the speech is widely shared on social networks.
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The “King’s” daughter was rushed to hospital Thursday morning, where she was put into an artificial coma and on life support after going into cardiac arrest, according to the People site. TMZwhich was based on anonymous sources.
The announcement of her death immediately sparked a wave of sad reactions from fans and personalities close to the singer, from Tom Hanks to John Travolta to Nicolas Cage, whom she married in the early 2000s.
As a singer, Lisa Marie Presley released three albums between 2003 and 2012. She had four children by two different men. She had to mourn a son, Benjamin Keough, who committed suicide in July 2020, according to US media. She was married four times, including to Michael Jackson, from 1994 to 1996.
Source: BFM TV
