Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber are solemn as they attend Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial service

Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber were pictured attending Lisa Marie Presley‘s memorial service together at Graceland on Sunday.

Butler, 31, had a close relationship with the daughter of the King of Rock ‘N’ Roll after portraying her father Elvis Presley in the acclaimed Baz Luhrmann biopic Elvis.

Lisa Marie suffered cardiac arrest at her Calabasas home, and died at a hospital in Los Angeles on January 12. She was 54. 

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Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber were pictured attending Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial together at Graceland on Sunday

Before her untimely death, Lisa Marie lauded Butler for his moving performance in the film.

On her Instagram account she shared, ‘Austin Butler channeled and embodied my father’s heart and soul beautifully. In my humble opinion his performance is unprecedented and FINALLY done accurately and respectfully.’

Lisa Marie and her mother Priscilla Presley accompanied Austin on much of the publicity tour for Elvis and the trio grew close during filming of the biopic.

He brought both women to tears as he spoke directly to them in his Golden Globe acceptance speech for Best Actor, saying, ‘Thank you guys, thank you for opening your hearts, your memories, your home to me. Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I love you forever.’

Butler, who played her father Elvis Presley in the critically-acclaimed film Elvis, wore a black coat

From the heart: ‘I am eternally grateful for the time I was lucky enough to be near her bright light and will forever cherish the quiet moments we shared. Her warmth, her love and her authenticity will always be remembered,’ Austin said in a statement one day after her death; pictured January 10 at the Golden Globes

Touching tribute: Austin Butler paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley in a statement to E! News as he said, ‘My heart is completely shattered for Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla at the tragic and unexpected loss of Lisa Marie’; seen together on June 11, 2022 at a screening of Elvis

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Priscilla led her family in tributes to her late daughter at an emotional memorial service Sunday morning. 

She shared a poem by one of Lisa Marie Presley’s 14-year-old daughters, in which she called her mother ‘an icon, a role model and a superhero.’

The poem read: ‘She always knew she wouldn’t be here too long… some say a broken heart killed her,’ referring to her son, Benjamin’s untimely death by suicide in July 2020.

Priscilla Presley led her family in tributes to her late daughter at an emotional memorial service on Sunday.

Priscilla shared a poem by one of Lisa Marie Presley’s 14-year-old daughters, in which she called her mother ‘an icon, a role model and a superhero.’

The poem read: ‘She always knew she wouldn’t be here too long… some say a broken heart killed her,’ referring to her Lisa Marie’s son Benjamin’s untimely death in July 2020.

Priscilla Presley led her family in tributes to her late daughter at an emotional memorial service on Sunday

Priscilla then added: ‘Our hearts are broken. Lisa we all love you.’

Lisa Marie’s daughter, actress Riley Keough, was unable to stand up on stage and provide her eulogy herself, so she had her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, read it for her.

In the eulogy Riley shared that she is ‘certain she chose the best mother in this world’ before describing some of the memories she has of Lisa Marie.

‘I remember you driving me in my car seat playing Aretha Franklin,’ she shared in the eulogy. ‘I remember the feeling I’d get when you picked me up from school.’

‘Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this world,’ she concluded, noting that she and her late brother, as well as her half-sisters are ‘products of your heart.’

‘We are you, you are us,’ Riley wrote. ‘Thank you for trying so hard for all of us.’