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Honor his memory. The family of Lisa Marie Presley have announced that they will hold a public memorial service on Sunday, January 22 for the late singer following her passing earlier this month.
“Riley, Harper, Finley and Priscilla are grateful for the support, well wishes and outpouring of love in honor of their beloved Lisa Marie,” a rep for the famous family said. We Weekly in a statement on Monday, January 16. “A public memorial service was held on the lawn of Graceland at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 22 in Memphis. Please visit [the official Graceland website] for more information.”
In lieu of flowers, Priscilla and her granddaughters have asked that those “who wish to send something” do so by donating to The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation. The philanthropic organization provides “support to various charities, particularly focusing on arts, education, and children’s programs in the Memphis/Whitehaven area.”
Lisa Marie’s death was confirmed on Thursday, January 12 by her mother, Priscilla Presley. His death occurred a few hours later We confirmed that the “Now What” singer was rushed to hospital after suffering cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, Calif.
“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla, 77, said in a statement at the time. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for confidentiality as we try to come to terms with this profound loss.
The next day, a representative of Lisa Marie’s daughter, Riley KeoughTold We that her mother’s final resting place will be at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, “next to her beloved son Ben.”
The “Idiot” artist’s only son, Benjamin Keough, was laid to rest on the property in October 2020, following his death by suicide three months prior.
Lisa Marie will also join her father, Elvis Presley, who died in August 1977 at age 42, as well as her grandparents Vernon and Gladys Presley on the court. Elvis’ grandmother, Minnie Mae, is also buried at Graceland along with her twin brother, Jessie, who died at birth.
Graceland has been a Presley focal point for decades, celebrating what would have been Elvis’ 80th birthday at the estate in 2015. Two years later, Lisa Marie held a public vigil for her father on the 40th birthday of her death, with over 50,000 fans joining her in holding a torch in her honor.
Lisa Marie is survived by mother Priscilla and her children. She shared Benjamin and Riley, 33, with her first husband Danny Keough. The couple separated in 1994 and the “Dirty Laundry” artist married Michael Jackson the same year. After breaking up with the King of Pop in 1996, she married Nicholas Cage in 2002. The duo divorced in 2004.
The Tennessee native married a fourth time in 2006 to Michael Lockwood, and the duo welcomed their twin daughters, Harper and Finley, in October 2008. In 2016, Lisa Marie filed for divorce from the guitarist, 61, and they finalized the paperwork five years later.
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