Lisa Marie Presley had a sixth sense about her father, Elvis Presley’s last day.
king of rock and roll Died unexpectedly in August 1977 At his Graceland estate at the age of 42. While the world was shocked to learn this devastating news, Lisa Marie – who was only nine years old at the time – felt that her father would not live much longer.
His daughter, 35-year-old actress Riley Keough, said goodnight to Elvis for the last time in an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey, claiming that Lisa Marie had “some kind of feeling” about Elvis’ death.
The 70-year-old talk show veteran sat down with Elvis’ granddaughter to discuss her life, her famous family and her mother’s upcoming memoir, “From Here to the Great Unknown,” which she later helped put together. Lisa Marie’s shocking death On January 12, 2023, based on a later released audio tape.
Speaking candidly to Winfrey at Elvis’ Graceland mansion for “An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley,” which airs Tuesday, Oct. 8, Keough opened up about the “Jailhouse Rock” singer’s passing. I shared my mother’s tendencies.
“Your mother woke up the morning of Elvis’ death and instinctively knew something was wrong. You want to tell us about that? She’s nine years old and most of us remember when we were nine years old,” Oprah said, starting the conversation.
“Yes, definitely. I think this is the first time they’ve talked about his death in detail in the book,” Keough responded.
“She said goodnight to him and I think she knew how to say ‘goodnight’: like she had some kind of feeling – I think she had realized at times that he was not well.”
According to the ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ actress, Lisa Marie often worried about her famous father.
“She used to tell me that sometimes she would find him in his bathroom looking out or holding on to the railing to stand straight,” she shared with Oprah. in a teaser Posted on Instagram.
Keough also shared a heartbreaking letter that Lisa Marie wrote when she was younger.
“She also wrote these letters when she was little, where we’d say, ‘I hope my dad doesn’t die,'” he said.
“So there was some type of understanding there,” Keough said.
During the interview a letter from Lisa Marie was shown. It read, “I love my mom and dad and I hope you support them [sic] Don’t die.”
Keough confirmed to Oprah that Graceland was often chaotic, adding, “But it was just her and her dad upstairs. I think he got a lot of intimate time with her there. There was no one upstairs.”
Lisa Marie was Elvis’s only child. The “Burning Love” singer and his then-wife Priscilla Presley welcomed their only child on February 1, 1968.
He died in 2023 at the age of 54 small bowel obstruction,
Lisa Marie was at home when Elvis’ then-fiancée, Ginger Alden, discovered her naked body on the floor of her master bathroom at Graceland. he allegedly saw his father’s lifeless body,
The official cause of death of Elvis was a heart attack. Karen de la Carriere, a former top scientist who advised Lisa Marie after Elvis’s death, later said the singer’s daughter “drowned myself in drugs for years“On the trauma he got from that tragedy.
This is Keough’s first in-depth interview since Lisa Marie’s death,
“An Oprah Special: The Presleys-Elvis, Lisa Marie, and Riley” will air Tuesday, October 8 at 8pm EST on CBS.
