Working issues out. Lisa Marie Presley’s demise has precipitated each emotional and authorized turmoil for her well-known household.
Elvis Presley’s solely daughter died on the age of 54 on January 12, 2023, after struggling cardiac arrest. Although her eldest daughter, actress Riley Keough, took possession of her property upon her demise, Lisa Marie’s mom, Priscilla Presley, contested her daughter’s will just a few days after her passing.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly in January 2023 the Dallas alum claimed {that a} 2016 modification made to the desire — which eliminated her and Lisa Marie’s former enterprise supervisor Barry Siegel as co-trustees and changed them with Keough and her late brother, Benjamin Keough — was invalid. The Bare Gun star claimed that her daughter’s signature gave the impression to be solid and that the modification was not witnessed or notarized. The paperwork additionally state that Priscilla ought to have been notified of the change, however by no means was.
Keough has been the only real trustee of her late mom’s property since her brother Benjamin died by suicide in July 2020 on the age of 27. (Lisa Marie shared her two eldest children with ex-husband Danny Keough. She was additionally mom to twin daughters Harper and Finley, whom she shared with ex-husband Michael Lockwood.)
In March 2023, a supply completely advised Us that the Daisy Jones & The Six star had typically acted as a mediator between Lisa Marie and Priscilla. “Riley knew there was rivalry along with her mother and grandmother and has all the time tried to be a bridge between them,” the insider shared on the time. “She’s nonetheless doing this even after her mom’s demise, however nonetheless honoring her mom’s needs.”
Regardless of the drama, honoring each Lisa Marie and Elvis’ legacies is of the utmost significance to Priscilla. “I liked Elvis very a lot as he liked me. Lisa is a results of our love,” the Elvis and Me creator — who was married to the King of Rock and Roll from 1967 to 1973 — mentioned in a press release to E! Information on February 3, 2023. “For anybody to suppose something otherwise can be a travesty of the household legacy and can be disrespectful of what Elvis left behind in his life.”
Priscilla broke the information of her daughter’s demise in early 2023. On the “Storm & Grace” singer’s memorial service later that month, Priscilla tearfully learn the eulogy that Lisa Marie’s youngest daughters, Harper and Finley, wrote in honor of their mom.
“I don’t know how one can put my mom into phrases, reality is there are too many. Lisa Marie Presley was an icon, a task mannequin, a superhero to many individuals everywhere in the world, however Mama was my icon, my position mannequin, my superhero in far more methods than one,” Priscilla learn in the course of the ceremony. “Even now, I can’t get throughout the whole lot there’s to be understood or identified about her however as she all the time mentioned, ‘I’ll do my greatest.’”
Riley’s husband Ben Smith-Petersen additionally learn a letter on his spouse’s behalf on the service, which came about on the household’s Graceland property. “A letter to my Mama,” the stuntman learn. “Thanks for being my mom on this life. I’m eternally grateful to have spent 33 years with you. I’m sure I selected the very best mom for me on this world and I knew that way back to I can keep in mind you.”
Following the memorial service, Priscilla thanked followers for his or her assist by way of Twitter. “Thanks all on your condolences, you may have touched me together with your phrases,” she wrote in January 2023. “It has been a really troublesome time however simply realizing your love is on the market makes a distinction.”
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Originally posted 2023-05-16 18:38:19.