Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough, revealed new particulars about her late mom Lisa Marie Presley’s recollections of the rock icon’s loss of life.
The “Lights Out” singer was Elvis’ solely youngster, whom he welcomed with spouse Priscilla Presley in February 1968. Lisa Marie was staying together with her father at his Graceland property on the time of his sudden loss of life from a coronary heart assault on the age of 42 Aug. 16, 1977.Â
Keough lately sat down for an interview with Oprah Winfrey and mentioned Lisa Marie’s upcoming memoir, “From Right here to the Nice Unknown.” The “Daisy Jones & the Six” actress helped full the ebook after her mom’s surprising loss of life in January 2023.
In a clip from the particular, Keough, 35, defined that Lisa Marie had an eerie feeling when she instructed Elvis goodnight for the final time.
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Riley Keough reveals that her late mom, Lisa Marie Presley, “had a way” Elvis would die the night time earlier than his loss of life. (Getty)
“The morning of Elvis’ loss of life, your mom awakened and knew instinctively that one thing was off,” Winfrey instructed Keough in the beginning of the clip. “You wish to inform us about that? She’s 9 years outdated, and most of us bear in mind after we had been 9 years outdated.”
“Yeah, positively,” Keough replied. “I believe that is the primary time she’s ever talked intimately about his loss of life within the ebook.
“She mentioned goodnight to him, and I believe she knew saying ‘goodnight’ — like, she had some form of a way.
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“I believe she had a way many instances that he wasn’t OK,” Keough added. “She would inform me that typically she would discover him in his rest room wanting form of out of it or holding onto the railing to face up straight.
“And she or he used to jot down these letters when she was little — that we’ve got — form of saying, ‘I hope my daddy doesn’t die,'” she instructed Winfrey as a handwritten letter penned by a younger Lisa Marie was displayed.Â
The letter mentioned, “I really like my mommy and daddy and I hope you gis (sic) don’t die.”
 “So there was form of a way there,” Keough mentioned.
Lisa Marie was Elvis’ solely youngster, whom he shared along with his ex-wife Priscilla Presley. (Getty Photos)
Winfrey famous that it appeared there was “a whole lot of chaos happening on a regular basis” at Graceland.
“Undoubtedly,” Keough agreed. “However upstairs was solely her and her dad. I believe she received a whole lot of intimate time up there with him. Nobody else was up there.”
In one other clip from the interview, the actress recalled that whereas she was rising up, she noticed how tough it was for Lisa Marie to deal with Elvis’ loss of life.
Keough shared that her mom had a tough time processing the grief of her father’s loss of life. (Instagram/Riley Keough)
“You’ll typically discover her sitting and listening to her dad’s songs and studying and crying,” Winfrey mentioned.
“Yeah, I believe her grief was very like — I do not suppose she knew learn how to course of it, and it was a really personal factor for her,” Keough mentioned. “She would hearken to his music alone if she was drunk and cry.”
“Did you stumble upon her many instances or a number of instances in that state?” Winfrey requested.
“Sure,” Keough instructed the discuss present host. “I’d stroll into her room, and he or she had like, audio system, as a result of this was, , again within the day.
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“And she or he would form of be sitting on the ground crying, and he or she’d hearken to her dad’s music.”
The particular marks Keough’s first main media interview since her mom’s loss of life. Lisa Marie, who shared Keough and son Benjamin with ex-husband Danny Keough, died from a small bowel obstruction on the age of 54 Feb. 12, 2023.
“An Oprah Particular: The Presleys — Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley” airs on CBS Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. EST.
