The death of Lisa Marie Presley, singer-songwriter and only child of the rock and roll Elvis, according to coroners, was caused by an intestinal obstruction related to a previous weight-loss surgery.
The cause of death was determined to be “a small intestinal obstruction caused by scar tissue that developed after bariatric surgery. The manner of death is natural,” the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiners said in a statement Thursday.
Presley, who had a difficult life in the shadow of her world-famous father, died in January at the age of 54 after she was discovered unconscious in her home and rushed to hospital.
The bariatric surgery the singer underwent is a bypass for gastric reduction performed in people who want to lose excess weight.
Presley was found by her ex-husband on January 12 and pronounced dead in the late afternoon.
Her ex-husband, Danny Keough, who lived on their property in the Los Angeles suburb of Calabasas, continued to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived and transported her to the hospital, where she was placed in an induced coma on life support. before I die.
In addition to Keough, whom she divorced in 1994, Lisa Presley had also been married to Nicolas Cage, Michael Jackson, and actor and songwriter Michael Lockwood.
Source: DN
