UPDATE:
Shortly after it was revealed that Lisa Marie Presley was placed on life support, it has now been confirmed that she has passed away at the age of 54.
Presley was then induced into coma and on life support, in addition to being given a temporary pacemaker.
Her mother Priscilla Presley released a statement to The New York Post upon arrival to the hospital:
“My beloved daughter Lisa Marie was rushed to the hospital. She is now receiving the best care. Please keep her and our family in your prayers.
“We feel the prayers from around the world and ask for privacy at this time.”
Lisa Marie is of course the daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley.
Like her father, she was a singer/songwriter who released her debut album, “To Whom It May Concern” in 2003. The Gold-Certified record reached number 5 on Billboard’s album chart.
After she divorced her first husband, she married Michael Jackson in 1994, Nicholas Cage in 2002, and guitar player Michael Lockwood in 2006.
She is survived by her three children, Riley Keough, Harper Lockwood, and Finley Lockwood. Her son, Benjamin Keough passed away in 2020.
RIP.
Elvis’ Daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, Hospitalized After Suffering “Full Cardiac Arrest”
Prayers up for Lisa Marie.
Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis and Priscilla, had to be rushed to the hospital today after suffering cardiac arrest, according to TMZ.
EMTs responded to a call about a possible cardiac arrest at the 54-year-old’s home in Calabasas, California.
Once they arrived, they had to perform CPR as well as administer an epinephrine shot to help her regain a pulse before she could be transferred by ambulance to a local hospital.
It’s unclear what kind of condition she’s in at this point, but she reportedly suffered a “full arrest,” and she’s getting full treatment at the hospital.
She’s still the owner of Elvis’s Memphis estate, Graceland.
Presley was just at the Golden Globes on Tuesday night in Beverly Hills, where she and her mother were there to witness Austin Butler win an award for his role as Elvis in last year’s film, Elvis.
She called his performance mind-blowing, praising the young star for his impersonation of her father:
Elvis Presley’s First (And Only) Visit To The Grand Ole Opry
When you think of rock ‘n roll, what’s the first name that comes to mind?
Many would definitely say Elvis Presley.
Dubbed The King of Rock and Roll, the man changed the music world forever, although some of reasons he changed the game (shaking those hips like a madman), was the reason a lot of people didn’t like him.
Especially, in the country music world.
With rock music being relatively new, Elvis sort of fell into the country music genre when his very first single, “That’s All Right,” contained a cover of Bill Monroe’s bluegrass hit “Blue Moon Of Kentucky” on the B-side.
A 19-year-old Elvis had just burst onto the music scene, and ultimately landed him a spot at the Grand Ole Opry. However, his rocking cover of “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” didn’t sit well with the traditional country crowd.
According to NPR, Elvis actually sought out Monroe to apologize for re-working his song and performing it on the Grand Ole Opry. Monroe was rather gracious, and biographer Richard Smith says Monroe would later come to appreciate those big royalty checks.
“Bill recognized what Elvis Presley was doing with his song, and he was going with it.
And it was very, very admirable, I think, of him to pick up on that, and to tell Elvis that he was for him 100 percent if it would give him a start in his career.”
Not to be outdone by his own song, Monroe would then head back into the studio to re-record and even faster version of the song with triple fiddles.
However for Elvis, his experience on the finest stage in all of country music was… a forgettable one.
The Opry talent manager at the time, Jim Denny, allegedly even told Elvis to:
“Go back to driving a truck in Memphis.”
Needless to say, the performance was a total flop. Elvis vowed to never return to the Grand Ole Opry, and he never did.
However, much like Hank Williams before him, after Elvis shit the bed at the Opry, he started performing on the competitor show, Louisiana Hayride.
And the rest is history.
Here’s a clip of Elvis’ first performance on Louisiana Hayride, way back in 1954: