Priscilla Presley mourns the second anniversary of her daughter Lisa Marie’s death
Priscilla Presley remembers her daughter, Lisa Marie Presleyon the second anniversary of her death.
“I miss you more than words can say. I wish I could hold you, talk to you, see your smile one more time,” Priscilla, 79, shared alongside a photo of Lisa Marie Instagram on Sunday, January 12th. “I wish you could see how much you are still loved, how much you are missed by all of us who carry you in our hearts. -Mama”
Lisa Marie died of a heart attack in January 2023. She was 53 years old. She was buried next to her son, Benjaminwho died by suicide in 2020 her father Elvis PresleyThe Graceland Estate in Memphis, Tennessee. Elvis is also buried there.
Lisa Marie’s daughter, actress Riley KeoughShe also took a moment on Sunday to think about her mother. She shared a picture of young Lisa Marie with her teenage daughters Finley and Harper, 16, and wrote: “2 years ❤️I love you always.” She wrote over another photo: “I can’t believe it’s been two years is here. I miss and love you so much, Mom.”
Last year, Keough was completed posthumously published the memoirs Lisa Marie was working on it before her death. From here to the great unknown was released in October 2024.
In the book, Keough, 35, shared details about the last decade of her mother’s life.
“In the years before her death, my mother, Lisa Marie Presley, began writing her memoirs. “Despite trying different approaches and attending many book interviews, she couldn’t figure out how to write about herself,” Keough said wrote in the introduction to the book. “She didn’t think she was interesting, although of course she was. She didn’t like to talk about herself. She was insecure.”
Keough added: “She wasn’t sure what value she had to the public, other than being Elvis’ daughter.” She was so plagued by self-criticism that working on the book became incredibly difficult for her. I don’t think she fundamentally understood how or why her story should be told.”
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, made a name for herself in the public eye. She was only 9 years old when her father died in 1977. As Lisa Marie continued to grow, she quickly followed in her father’s footsteps. She released three albums over the course of (…).
According to the Daisy Jones & The Six actress, Presley still had a “burning desire” to share her story.
“When she was extremely frustrated, she said to me, ‘Pookie, I don’t know how to write my book anymore. Can you write it with me?’” Keough recalled. “‘Of course I can,’ I said.”
She continued: “The last ten years of her life had been so brutally hard that she could only look back on it all through that lens. She felt like I could look at her life more holistically than she did. So I agreed to help her with it without thinking much about the commitment, assuming we would write it together over time. She died a month later.”
