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- Lisa Marie Presley was the one daughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley
- She had 4 children from two marriages: daughters Riley, Harper, and Finley, and son Benjamin
- Lisa died on Jan. 12, 2023
Lisa Marie Presley, 54, died on Thursday, Jan. 12 hours after she was rushed to the hospital for struggling cardiac arrest. Her dying got here simply days after the one daughter of Priscilla Presley, 77, and the late Elvis Presley walked the purple carpet of the eightieth Annual Golden Globe Awards and gushed over Austin Butler‘s portrayal of The King of Rock and Roll in 2022’s Elvis. While the singer-songwriter was principally generally known as Elvis’ daughter, she has 4 children who know her as their mother.
Lisa shared 4 children with two ex-husbands. She had twin daughters Harper and Finley, who she welcomed in 2008, with ex-husband Michael Lockwood. They had been married between 2006 and 2021. She additionally welcomed a daughter, Riley, and a son, Benjamin, along with her ex-husband Danny Keough. Unfortunately, Benjamin died in 2020 on the age of 27, so her three daughters will now inherit Graceland. Read on to be taught extra about Lisa Marie Presley’s kids.
Riley Keough
Riley, Lisa Marie and Danny’s first youngster, was born on May 29, 1989. She adopted in her mom’s footsteps into the leisure trade and is a profitable mannequin and actress. She made her modeling debut in 2004 by strolling the runway for Dolce & Gabbana. A couple of years later, in 2010, she landed her first appearing gig in The Runaways, a movie that starred Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. She is greatest recognized for 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road, 2016’s American Honey, and 2017’s Logan Lucky. She additionally appeared in a 2018 episode of Riverdale.
In May 2022, she made her directorial debut on the Cannes Film Festival along with her movie, War Pony. “I’m very overwhelmed. I haven’t really taken it all in yet,” she informed PEOPLE on the time. “It’s been wonderful … we’re just excited.”
In 2007, Riley and her mom appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and defined that Riley was inspired to discover her personal likes and dislikes in an effort to be her personal particular person exterior of the well-known household. “I didn’t want her to have that shadow where she felt competition and intimidated by anything,” Lisa Marie mentioned. “I wanted [my children] to be able to do what they wanted to do.”
Despite Riley’s push to develop as a person, she admitted that being a member of the long-lasting Presley household has its perks. “I’m very privileged,” she informed The Guardian in 2017. “Like the normal story of moving to L.A. and it takes you three years to find an agent? I got one in a week.”
However, her childhood wasn’t all luxurious. “I grew up very privileged with my mother. But my dad didn’t live like that,” she informed the publication. “And I think experiencing both sides has been helpful. My father had mattresses on the floor of his apartments. He lived in cabins and trailer parks. He just didn’t have much money.” Riley didn’t thoughts roughing it a bit, although. “My memories of growing up with him were so colorful and eccentric and fun,” she famous. “It was vibe, you already know?
Riley doesn’t have any children, however she is married. She tied the knot with Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen in 2015.
After the dying of her brother, Benjamin, Riley grew to become a dying doula, a skilled skilled that helps others grieve by way of numerous types of dying and medical upsets. “Today I finished my Death Doula training, on The Art of Death Midwifery training course by @sacred_crossings so I guess I’m an almost certified death doula now hehe,” she wrote in an Instagram submit on March 21, 2021 alongside a motivational quote. “We are taught that its a morbid subject to talk about. Or were so afraid of it that we’re unable to talk about it… then of course it happens to us, and we are very ill prepared.”
“I think it’s so important to be educated on conscious dying and death the way we educate ourselves on birth and conscious birthing,” she continued. “We prepare ourselves so rigorously for the entrance and have no preparation for our exit. So I’m so grateful for this community and to be able to contribute what I can.”
Benjamin Keough
Benjamin Storm Presley Keough was born on Oct. 21, 1992. Aside from being generally known as one in every of Elvis’ grandkids, he was usually in comparison with the late rockstar for therefore carefully resembling him. “Ben does look so much like Elvis,” Lisa informed CMT in 2012. “He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage. Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there. Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny.”
Unlike his sister, who boasts over 500,000 followers on Instagram, Benjamin stored a really low profile. After his dying by suicide in 2020, his pal Brandon Howard revealed what he was like in non-public. “Sometimes he struggled with depression, which is a serious thing with [the coronavirus pandemic] and everything happening right now and everybody being locked in the house,” he defined to PEOPLE.
He additionally mentioned that not like Riley, Benjamin didn’t thrive being in such a well-known household. “That kind of pressure is definitely a part of what happened,” he revealed. “It’s a tough thing when you have a lot of pressure with your family and living up to a name and an image. It’s a lot of pressure. It’s almost like you’re pressured into having to be a musician, having to be an actor. It was good for him to go around the world and discover himself and have his own friends. You never know what triggers it.”
He additionally described Benjamin as a loyal and caring pal. “He would be the one who would come crash with you on the couch for weeks until you’re actually feeling better,” he famous.
Benjamin is missed immensely by his household, as Riley usually shares tributes to him on her social media. In Sept. 2022, Lisa opened up about how “incredibly lonely” she felt after his dying in an essay she penned for National Grief Awareness Day. However, she mentioned her 14-year-old twins maintain her going. “I keep going for my girls. I keep going because my son made it very clear in his final moments that taking care of his little sisters and looking out for them were on the forefront of his concerns and his mind. He absolutely adored them and they him,” she acknowledged.
Harper And Finley Lockwood
Harper and Finley Lockwood had been born on Oct. 7, 2008 to Lisa and her then-husband, Michael. They stay their lives virtually utterly out of the highlight, though they made their purple carpet debut on the 2017 ELLE Women in Hollywood occasion.
Lisa and her proud mom have spoken concerning the twins every so often, and in 2019, Priscilla gushed about their brains. “I can’t believe they are so smart [with technology],” she raved to Us Weekly. “I mean, they can handle the phone better than I can. They know how to Google already, they know how to draw things and characters, and oh, my gosh. They’re just little girls experiencing life and having fun.”
That identical yr, she mentioned they had been very lively women and had been taking ballet and opera lessons whereas on the TODAY present.