Lisa Marie Presley’s heartbreaking childhood letter about Elvis’ death revealed

Riley Keough has unveiled a heartbreaking missive written by her precocious mother, Lisa Marie Presley, successful which she begged her begetter Elvis not to die.

Elvis Presley, who died successful 1977 aged conscionable 42, suffered with wellness problems successful his aboriginal beingness – his girl Lisa Marie was lone 9 years aged astatine the clip of his death.

Presley died successful January 2023, aged conscionable 54, after going into cardiac apprehension arsenic a effect of complications caused by bariatric country she had undergone beforehand.

Now Presley’s girl – Elvis’ granddaughter – Riley, 35, has shared letters written by her parent for the archetypal time, with her posthumous memoirs connected the way.

From Here to the Great Unknown was co-written by some Presley and Riley aft the erstwhile asked her girl to assistance with its completion backmost successful 2022.

And successful mentation for the merchandise of the publication successful mid-October, Riley spoke to Oprah Winfrey, producing letters written by Presley erstwhile she was a young kid – 1 of which showed her concerns for her father’s health.

Riley told Oprah: ‘[My parent would] constitute these letters erstwhile she was little, that we have, benignant of saying, “I anticipation my daddy doesn’t die.” So determination was immoderate benignant of consciousness there.’

In the letter, which was written connected plain notepad paper, Presley wrote astir Elvis and her parent Priscilla Presley, ‘I emotion you, Mommy and Daddy, and I anticipation you gis (guys) don’t die. Love, Lisa’.

Priscilla, 79, whose beingness communicative with Elvis was dramatised by the 2023 Sofia Coppola movie that was named aft her, has sadly outlived her daughter.

In different portion of the Oprah interview, Riley revealed that her parent ‘sensed’ Elvis was going to dice connected the time of his eventual decease – August 16, 1977.

‘She said goodnight to him and I deliberation she knew, saying “Goodnight”, similar she had immoderate benignant of a consciousness – I deliberation she had a consciousness galore times that helium wasn’t okay.’

Riley continued: ‘She would archer maine that, sometimes, she would find him successful his bathroom, looking benignant of retired of it, oregon holding onto the railing to basal up straight.’

The memoir comes little than a twelvemonth aft Riley and Priscilla reached a colony aft changes were made to Presley’s volition earlier her untimely death.

Claims were made that Priscilla and Riley’s narration was successful turmoil aft Presley disputed the ‘authenticity and validity’ of an amendment made to her surviving trust.

This amendment had seemingly removed Priscilla arsenic trustee and replaced her with Riley and her member Benjamin, who died successful 2020.

After 10 months of ineligible battles, the unfortunate quality among the Presley household members was brought to an end, with Riley named arsenic the proprietor of Elvis’ Graceland mansion successful Memphis, Tennesse.

A lump sum was fixed to Elvis’ ex-wife Priscilla aft a Los Angeles Superior Court justice officially approved the settlement.

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