Priscilla Presley broke down in tears as she explained her late daughter Lisa Marie was ‘suicidal‘ months before her death.
Lisa Marie died earlier this year on January 12, aged 54, from the small bowel obstruction caused by previous weight-loss surgery – with opioids found in her blood at the time of her death.
The sufferings of Priscilla Presley
Priscilla said Lisa Marie was still struggling with the loss of her son Benjamin Keough, who committed suicide in 2020.
During an appearance on TalkTV, which is set to air on Thursday, she told host Piers Morgan: ‘It was unbearable. I lost my mother, my grandson and my daughter.
‘Losing Ben was the hardest thing for her, he took his own life, he was the love of her life. She adored him, she would do anything for him.’
She continued: ‘We were sitting in Memphis in the suit, she said I don’t know if I want to be here. She would go on about ben and how she was still grieving, this was a couple of months.’
How Priscilla’s daughter, Lisa, died
Priscilla previously revealed her late daughter Lisa Marie complained of her stomach ‘hurting really bad’ just days before her tragic death from a bowel obstruction.
Lisa’s final public appearance was at the Golden Globe Awards on January 10 – in which she sparked concern – with Priscilla detailing her final memories with her only daughter in an emotional interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
She said: ‘I did know there was something not right’ about the days preceding Lisa Marie’s death, recalling how the pair went to Chateau Marmont to celebrate Austin Butler’s win for his role as the music icon in movie Elvis.
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Priscilla said: ‘We had just gotten there, you go down all these stairs. I tripped a little bit because I had these high heels on, and she started laughing so hard. I started laughing. We hadn’t even had a drink yet.
A fun memory
‘She goes, “Oh my God, Mom, you can’t even have a drink”… It was fun, a fun memory. Then we sat down and ordered drinks, and she says, “Mom, my stomach hurts really bad.” We immediately got up and left.’
Two days later Lisa Marie’s ex-husband Danny Keough called Priscilla to inform her the star had collapsed at home and was in the hospital – with Priscilla saying: ‘I got right in the car, but she was already gone. I still can’t believe it. I don’t wish this on any mother.’
She said: ‘It was unbearable. I lost my mother, I lost my grandson, and I lost my daughter. It’s still shocking that we don’t have her.’
Dispute over estate
Lisa Marie’s death sparked a dispute between her daughter Riley Keough, 34 and Priscilla over ownership of the estate.
In a recently-signed settlement Priscilla agreed – in exchange for $1.4 million plus an undisclosed sum for ten years – to relinquish control of her late daughter’s Promenade Trust, leaving Riley, star of TV’s Daisy Jones and the Six, as sole trustee.
