Priscilla Presley opened up about the heartbreaking moment she took her daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, off life support in a new interview.
"It was the second saddest day of my life, other than losing Elvis,” Priscilla, 80, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, September 17. “It took a long time to come to terms with the fact that Lisa was gone.”
She continued, "We were there all day long. Lisa really wasn't breathing, so she was on the ventilator. For hours we were there waiting, hoping and praying until the doctor came in and said, 'Priscilla, I'm so sorry, she's gone.' We just couldn't believe it — didn't want to believe it. It was hard on all of us, it still is."
Priscilla Presley Remembers Lisa Marie’s Final Hours
Lisa Marie died at the age of 54 on January 12, 2023, due to a small bowel obstruction. The condition developed after she underwent bariatric surgery years earlier. Her ex-husband, Danny Keough, found her unresponsive at her home and immediately called Priscilla and asked her to meet him at the hospital.
Priscilla also spoke about losing her only daughter in her new memoir, Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis, and wrote that she knew Lisa “was already gone” the moment she walked into her hospital room.
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“She was hooked to a machine that was breathing for her, and she had a heartbeat. There was little brain activity,” she wrote in the book, per People. “Her spirit, always so vital, wasn’t there. Riley [Keough] later told us that while she was still on her flight, she had felt her mother’s spirit pass. But none of us was ready to give up yet.”
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Unfortunately, Priscilla is no stranger to tragedy. In 2020, she lost her grandson Benjamin Keough to suicide at age 27, and her son Navarone, whom she shares with her ex Marco Garibaldi, has struggled with drug addiction. She has since helped him get sober.
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“It hasn’t been easy at all,” Priscilla said. “But you have to find strength.”
Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis will be available to purchase on September 23.
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