Lisa Marie’s long battle with prescription drugs

Lisa Marie Presley died after a protracted battle with pharmaceuticals — and will probably be buried subsequent to her dad Elvis at Graceland.

The singer, who suffered a deadly cardiac arrest on the age of 54, will even be laid to relaxation alongside her solely son Ben, whose suicide in 2020 haunted her last years, reported The Sun.

Lisa Marie had been given CPR by her first husband Danny Keough after collapsing at her dwelling in Los Angeles on Thursday evening.

However the mum of 4, whose well being had been quickly declining amid a prolonged combat with opioids, died later in hospital.

She had sparked considerations along with her dishevelled look on the Golden Globe Awards final week.

A pal stated: “Sadly, this is the news we all feared was coming.”

Her dying was introduced yesterday morning by her 77-year-old mom Priscilla, who had appeared along with her on the awards do in Beverly Hills on Tuesday evening.

She stated: “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us.

“She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”

Sources say Lisa Marie can have a “spiritualist” send-off earlier than being laid to relaxation on the well-known property in Memphis, Tennessee, the place her legendary father handed away aged 42 in 1977.

The pal added: “The thinking is that she will be buried at Graceland — alongside her father, and also her son Ben. She was also a big fan of Deepak Chopra. He’s a spiritualist and an expert in alternative medicine who spoke at her son’s funeral, so it’s likely he may be asked to do the same for Lisa.”

Lisa Marie had beforehand undergone rehab remedy for a number of addictions, together with alcohol and medicines.

Those near her say she was once more closely reliant on substances, primarily prescription drugs together with gabapentin, a strong painkiller, and Seroquel, given to sufferers with temper problems.

She can be believed to have change into more and more considering inhaling surgical gasoline — administered at beauty surgical procedure clinics or by dentists for ache aid.

However early reviews recommend no medication had been discovered on the scene of her suspected cardiac arrest.

The solely youngster of Elvis and Priscilla, Lisa Marie was 4 once they divorced and simply 9 years outdated when her dad died.

She would go on to marry 4 occasions, together with to pop icon Michael Jackson from 1994 to 1996 and actor Nicolas Cage, from 2002 to 2004.

She had 4 youngsters, together with actress Riley Keough, however struggled to beat the suicide of Ben, aged 27, in 2020.

In a last social media put up, she opened up about her ongoing ache, writing: “Grief does not stop or go away in any sense. Grief is something you will have to carry with you for the rest of your life, in spite of what certain people or our culture want us to believe.

“You do not get over it, you do not move on, period.”

She had lately rekindled her friendship with first husband Danny — Ben and Riley’s father — a US singer she married in 1988.

They cut up up six years later however had been residing collectively at her $A4.7 million dwelling, alongside along with her 14-year-old twin daughters Finley and Harper.

But she remained locked in a dispute along with her final husband, Michael Lockwood, the daddy of the twins, over authorized prices following their divorce in 2021.

Lisa Marie was discovered unconscious by her housekeeper.

Keough then returned from taking the youngsters to high school and tried to revive her. She was then raced to hospital. Attempts to restart her coronary heart after she went into “full cardiac arrest” proved unsuccessful.

The outcomes of a autopsy to ascertain the exact reason behind dying are more likely to take a number of weeks.

A supply added: “She never really managed to find peace. There always seemed to be something going on to cause her stress and pain, although losing Ben was the very worst of all.

“It sent her spiralling again, and although she’d been in and out of treatment there is no getting past the simple fact that she never quite managed to stay on track.

“There had been a few health scares, but her body appears to have just given up. She couldn’t take any more.”

Lisa Marie was 35 when she adopted in her father’s footsteps and solid a profession in music.

She launched three albums, along with her 2003 debut promoting tons of of 1000’s of copies.

She additionally frolicked within the UK, and bizarrely served takeaways whereas residing in East Sussex, near the Church of Scientology HQ the place she had attended rehab.

In 2005, she bought off Elvis Presley Enterprises — the holding business that retained the rights to the rock ‘n’ roll legend’s immensely profitable legacy.

But she retained possession of Graceland — the 14-acre property and mansion, which is now a museum.

She and her mum had been lowered to tears on the Golden Globes final week as Austin Butler received Best Actor for the film Elvis.

He advised them: “Thank you for opening your hearts, your memories, your home to me.”    

This article initially appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission

Originally printed as Lisa Marie Presley to be buried subsequent to dad Elvis and son at Graceland