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Lisa Marie Presley penned an essay sharing her ‘unrelenting grief’ over her son Benjamin’s untimely death just five months before her own death.
The 54-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley was rushed to a hospital after paramedics were able to reestablish her pulse, TMZ reported on Thursday.
But her mother Priscilla Presley shared a statement announcing that her daughter had died later in the day.
‘It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,’ she said, according to People.
‘She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss,’ Priscilla continued. ‘Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment.’
Back in August of 2022, Presley penned an essay about her attempts to move on from her son Benjamin’s death to mark National Grief Awareness.
‘I can understand why people may want to avoid you once a terrible tragedy has struck. Especially a parent losing their child because it is truly your worst nightmare,’ she wrote in her essay, which was published by People.
‘Unrelenting grief’: Lisa Marie Presley, who died on Thursday at 54 after suffering cardiac arrest, penned an essay about her overwhelming grief at her son Benjamin’s suicide back in August of 2022; seen together in 2012
Benjamin Keough was 27 at the time of his death. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office announced following the incident.
Presley shared her son with her first husband Danny Keough, whom she married in 1988 and divorced in 1994.
In the emotional essay, Presley admitted that she had kept her distance from the parents of other people whose children died by suicide, something that seemed to haunt her.
‘I can recall a couple of times in my life where I knew parents who lost their child and while I could be there for them when it happened, I avoided them after and never bothered to follow up with them because they quite literally became a representative of my biggest fear,’ she wrote.
‘I also low-key judged them, and I swore I’d never do whatever it was that I felt they either did or neglected in their parental actions and choices with their child.’
Terrible fear: In the emotional essay, published by People, the late Presley admitted she had kept her distance from the parents of other people whose children died by suicide, something that now seemed to haunt her; seen on Tuesday at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills
The daughter of Priscilla Presley — who was seen rushing to her side at the hospital after her medical emergency — wrote that she had been ‘living in the horrific reality’ of grief’s ‘unrelenting grips’ ever since her son’s death.
Unfortunately, it was a feeling she was well versed in, having suffered the death of her father Elvis Presley in 1977, which was initially said to be from cardiac arrest, though his prodigious drug use is also believed to have been a factor.
His daughter was just nine at the time of his death.
Presley admitted in her essay that grief is not a ‘comfortable subject for anyone’ and is ‘most unpopular’ to discuss.
But she believed it was necessary to speak openly about grief and tragedy if any ‘progress’ was to be made.
No stranger to family tragedy: Presley, seen in 2010 in London with Michael Lockwood and Ben, previously dealt with grief following the death of her father Elvis Presley in 1977
Presley added that her son reminded her of her father, which only troubled her further.
He was ‘so much like his grandfather on so many levels that he actually scared me,’ she wrote, adding that it, ‘made me worry about him even more than I naturally would have.’
Two years after Benjamin’s death, Lisa had not felt much relief from the tragic loss, and even worse, she blamed herself for her son’s death.
‘I already battle with and beat myself up tirelessly and chronically, blaming myself every single day and that’s hard enough to now live with,’ she confessed, adding that, ‘others will judge and blame you too, even secretly or behind your back which is even more cruel and painful on top of everything else.’
She opined that ‘grief does not stop or go away in any sense, a year, or years after the loss. 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 wants us to believe.
‘You do not “get over it,” you do not “move on,” period,’ she wrote.
Hard to move on: Two years after Benjamin’s death, Lisa had not felt much relief from the tragic loss. ‘I already battle with and beat myself up tirelessly and chronically, blaming myself every single day and that’s hard enough to now live with,’ she confessed; seen with seen with Benjamin, daughter Riley and Lisa’a half-brother Navarone Garibaldi
Following Benjamin’s death, his friend, the musician Brandon Howard, told People that he had lived with depression for years, while also feeling weighed down by expectations to succeed as much as his famous grandfather.
‘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,’ Howard said at the time.
‘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,’ he added.
Weight on his shoulders; Following Benjamin’s death, his friend, the musician Brandon Howard, told People that he had lived with depression for years, while also feeling weighed down by expectations to succeed as much as his famous grandfather; Presley seen in 2012
Following Presley’s health emergency, TMZ reported that she had been found unresponsive on Thursday in her bedroom at her ex Danny Keough’s home, where she had been staying recently.
It was her ex-husband who reportedly performed CPR on her until paramedics arrived on the scene.
A source told the publication that ‘someone administered epinephrine’ — also known as adrenaline — ‘at least once’ in an attempt to revive her.
She was reported to have died just hours later.
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