Singer Lisa Marie Presley now rests with her father Elvis, the “king” of rock and roll, at their legendary home in Graceland, Tennessee, where hundreds of fans and loved ones gathered Sunday for a tribute ceremony.
Since dawn, a large crowd has lined up to attend this funeral in Memphis, flowers or photos in the hands of the singer and author who died at age 54, on January 12.
The ceremony was to end with a procession to the “Meditation Garden”, the Graceland garden where the graves of Elvis Presley, several members of his family and now his only daughter, Lisa Marie, with whom he had had. actress Priscilla Presley.
“Mourning is the price to pay for love”
On a stage where a large photo of Lisa Marie Presley was placed, Smashing Pumpkins singer Billy Corgan, then Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose, the leader of Guns N’ Roses, paid tribute to her. A choir also sang gospel.
“Lisa Marie Presley was an icon, a role model, a superhero to many people around the world, much more than we realize,” her mother, Priscilla Presley, said in her funeral oration.
“Mourning is the price to pay for love,” said the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, a friend of Lisa Marie Presley, attributing her words to the late Queen Elizabeth II of England, who died on September 8, 2022. The singer had passed away. shortly after her emergency hospitalization in California after cardiac arrest.
very close to his father
The great residence of Graceland, where Elvis Presley was found unconscious on August 16, 1977, before his transfer to the hospital and his death at the age of 42, has become a mythical place, transformed into a museum and visited every day by tourists and admirers It was controlled until her death by Lisa Marie Presley.
Lisa Maria Presley had four husbands, including Nicolas Cage and Michael Jackson, and four children during her lifetime. She had released three albums in her career, without achieving the success of Elvis, one of the most famous artists of all time.
Close to her father, who had named his private jet “Lisa Marie” after her, she was 9 years old when he died. She will also rest close to her son, Benjamin Keough, who committed suicide in 2020.
Source: BFM TV
