Elvis Presley died aged 42 on August 16, 1977, with his will naming his father Vernon Presley as the executor and trustee. There were only three beneficiaries — Elvis's father, his grandmother Minnie Mae Presley and his daughter Lisa Marie Presley.
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.
When and where did Elvis die? Elvis was pronounced dead at Baptist Hospital on Union Avenue at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 16, 1977. He had been transported to the hospital by Fire Department ambulance after he was found on the floor of his upstairs bathroom at Graceland.
Lisa Marie Presley has been laid to rest next to her son, Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020, in the Meditation Garden at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, ET can confirm. In addition to Lisa Marie and Ben, Lisa Marie's father, Elvis Presley, and his parents, Vernon and Gladys, are also buried in the garden.
Lisa Marie was in her room with her mother, Priscilla Presley, when Elvis arrived with them a couple of minutes later and kissed her goodnight. "That was the last time I saw him alive," she recalled. Later, when she went to see her father, Lisa Marie came upon Elvis' body, attended to by her friend Ginger Alden.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father's legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. She was 54.
Graceland Holdings LLC, led by managing partner Joel Weinshanker, is the majority owner of EPE. Lisa Marie Presley retains a 15% ownership in the company.
Priscilla Presley has failed in a bid to be buried next to former husband Elvis.
Following Elvis's death, he left Lisa Marie ownership of the Graceland estate through a trust fund set up in her benefit. That trust dissolved when she turned 25 in 1993, giving her full ownership of the property, which now hosts popular public tours and sits next to museums honoring Elvis's life and career.
Graceland continued to be occupied by members of the family until the death of Presley's aunt Delta in 1993, who had moved in at Elvis's invitation after her husband's death. Elvis's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, inherited the estate in 1993 when she turned 25, until her death 30 years later.
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.
This morning, RadarOnline reported on allegations that Priscilla Presley, ex-wife of Elvis Presley, had been temporarily banned from the estate amid legal battles over Lisa Marie Presley's will.
The Upstairs Remains Off Limits
After the home was opened to the public in 1982, the second floor was sealed shut out of respect to the family — and also to avoid any macabre attention at the scene of his death.
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.”
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.
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.
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The fate of Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion has been revealed. The Memphis, Tenn. estate will be inherited by Lisa Marie Presley's three daughters—Riley Keough and Harper and Finley Lockwood—following her death at age 54, a representative for Graceland confirmed to E! News on Jan. 17.
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.
Michael Stone. After splitting from Elvis in 1972, Priscilla moved on with Stone, a martial arts instructor.
Family members continued to live at Graceland after Elvis' death, including Vernon Presley, who died in 1979, and Minnie Mae Presley, who died in 1980.
In 1983, during her 25th birthday, Lisa Marie finally inherited her father's entire estate, which had grown to about $100 million.
After Lisa Marie's death in 2023, Graceland and her trust were inherited by her daughters, Keough and Harper and Finley Lockwood, a representative for Graceland confirmed to People. Lisa Marie shared Riley with her ex-husband, Danny Keough, whom she divorced in 1994.
The Colonel himself ended up being the greatest sucker of them all, giving back almost his entire fortune to the Hilton croupiers.