Lisa Marie was just 9 years old when she saw the dead body of her father Elvis Presley on the night of August 16, 1977. The memory would have a lasting effect on the girl, who recalls the last time she saw The King alive was when he kissed her goodnight at their Graceland home.
Before she died, Lisa Marie revealed what was her last memory of discovering Elvis' lifeless body in the bathroom of his famous Memphis home on that fateful August 16, 1977. "I don't like to talk about it," Lisa Marie confessed years before her death in remarks recalled by radaronline.com.
8., Lisa Marie said she was "overwhelmed" by the Elvis movie, for which Butler won a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Drama). "I just want to thank you for coming," Lisa Marie said alongside Butler, daughter Riley Keogh and the film's director, Baz Luhrmann.
Speaking previously on CBS' The Talk, Lisa Marie said: “He and I spent a lot of time together upstairs; the upper part of Graceland is basically his room and my room.
Did Ginger Alden Attend Elvis' Funeral? Yes. As his fiancée at the time, it is believed that Ginger Alden was present for Elvis' funeral. Following the funeral, however, she was reportedly banned from Graceland by Presley's family and had to receive permission to visit his grave.
Sadly for Lisa Marie, her inheritance never included the royalties to the many songs of Elvis Presley's which were recorded. This was due to a poor deal negotiated by Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker, which meant all future royalties were signed away.
Among those who participated in the public memorial service at Elvis Presley's mansion in Memphis, Tenn., were musicians Billy Corgan, Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose, as well as Priscilla Presley.
Elvis and Priscilla shared custody of their daughter from 1972. 'He'd send his jet, the Lisa Marie, to take her from LA to Utah, so she could play in the snow,' wrote Burn. 'Lisa Marie was so used to seeing people jump at her father's command, that she took years to overcome this habit,' recalled Priscilla.
Lisa Marie Presley retains 100% sole personal ownership of Graceland Mansion itself and its over 13-acre original grounds and her father's personal effects - meaning costumes, wardrobe, awards, furniture, cars, etc.. She has made the mansion property and her father's personal effects permanently available for tours of ...
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Although they certainly had a raucous time together out in the world, Elvis ensured he maximised his quality time alongside his beloved daughter. "They had their father-daughter private times, he would play with her and they talked," Danny remembers from his time at Graceland. "He loved when he had Lisa."
Elvis Presley's famous Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, is staying in the family following the death of his daughter. Lisa Marie Presley inherited the 13.8-acre, 23-room estate from her rock'n'roll legend father after he died in 1977, when she was nine.
Priscilla appears to not understand the depths of what Walter was implying — that she was groomed. She said that she was rebellious and Elvis was “charming” and really won over the likes of her parents, even if it meant missing days of school to travel and see him.
Priscilla Presley will not be buried next to Elvis Presley at Graceland - NZ Herald.
The iconic Memphis home of Elvis Presley, which had been willed to his daughter Lisa Marie Presley — who died Jan. 12 at the age of 54 — will now go to Presley's three surviving children: elder daughter Riley Keough, 33, and twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, 14. Lisa Marie Presley's son, Benjamin Keough, died in 2020.
According to the terms of her father's will, Lisa Marie became the sole inheritor of Graceland and the rest of the “Hound Dog” singer's estate, but her inheritance was held in a trust until she turned 25.
Upon the death of her grandparents a few years later, Priscilla and the National Bank of Commerce were appointed as trustees, and Lisa Marie became Elvis' sole heir. In 1983, during her 25th birthday, Lisa Marie finally inherited her father's entire estate, which had grown to about $100 million.
After Presley's death, his uncle Vester explained to the press that the family was “not interested in her” because “she took advantage of Elvis' name”. He even went as far as to say: “Ginger Alden is dead now as far as the family is concerned. We don't even recognise her as a human being.”
About 200 family members, friends and close associates attended the private service at Graceland, a star-studded event that brought John Wayne, Burt Reynolds, George Hamilton, Ann-Margret and Caroline Kennedy.
Presley fell in love with Ginger Alden when the actress was 21 and he was in his early 40s. She too was a former beauty queen. They got engaged and lived together in Graceland.
Through the years, Lisa Marie has shared many memories of her parents, especially her relationship with her late father. Speaking with CNN's Larry King in 2003, Lisa Marie said of her father, "Very adoring, very sweet. I knew that he was crazy about me. He let me sing for him at the table."