Lisa Marie Presley, only child of Elvis, dies aged 54
Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock and roll legend Elvis, has died, her mother has said in a statement.
The 54-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, California, on Thursday morning.
Her mother, Priscilla Presley, said: “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us.
“She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”
Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley place their handprints in cement at LA’s Chinese theatre last summer
It followed an earlier statement in which the 77-year-old asked people to “keep her and our family in your prayers”.
She said her daughter had been “rushed to hospital”, with paramedics called shortly before 10.40am.
Presley’s family, including Priscilla and daughter Riley Keough, were pictured outside a hospital in Los Angeles before her death was announced.
Lisa Marie Presley with her children Riley and Benjamin Keough in 2010
Her cardiac arrest came just two days after she attended the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, where she celebrated Austin Butler winning best actor in a drama film for playing her father in the biopic Elvis.
She gave interviews on the red carpet, where she told Entertainment Tonight she had been left stunned by the star’s “mind-blowing” performance.
And just last weekend, Presley was at her father’s old Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, to mark the anniversary of his birth on 8 January 1935.
Elvis, widely considered to be the greatest rock and roll artist in history, died on 16 August 1977, aged just 42.
His daughter was nine years old at the time. She was four when Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced in 1972.
Elvis with wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie in 1968
Three albums
Lisa Marie Presley followed in her father’s footsteps by pursuing a music career, starting in 2003 with her debut album: To Whom It May Concern.
It charted in the top 10 on the US Billboard album chart, as did follow-up record Now What in 2005.
Fans had to wait seven years for her third album, Storm And Grace, which released to positive reviews.
Her solo career bad begun eight years after she appeared in her then-husband Michael Jackson’s music video for the 1995 song You Are Not Alone.
Presley performs at the M Bar in London in 2003
Four marriages
Presley’s marriage to Jackson ended in divorce in 1996.
It was her second marriage, having been married to musician Danny Keough from 1988 to 1994.
They had two children together – daughter Riley Keough, who became an actress and model, and son Benjamin – and remained close friends.
She got married to Jackson within three weeks of divorcing Keough.
Her third marriage was to actor Nicolas Cage, which lasted from 2002 until a divorce in 2004.
Presley married again in 2006, to her guitarist and producer Michael Lockwood. They had twin daughters together, named Finley Aaron Love Lockwood and Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood.
She filed for divorce 10 years later, and it was finalised in 2021.
Michael Jackson and his bride Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson in 1994
Nicolas Cage with then-girlfriend Lisa Marie Presley in 2002
Dealing with grief
In 2018, Presley featured on a new record, titled Where No One Stands Alone, which was released to celebrate her father’s love of gospel music, and featured 14 original performances recorded by him.
The title track was a reimagined duet, in which Lisa Marie performed a duet with her father.
Last year, she wrote an essay for People magazine about the death of son Benjamin, who took his own life in 2020.
“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old,” she said.
“I’ve had more than anyone’s fair share of it in my lifetime and somehow, I’ve made it this far.”
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Snoop Dogg becomes co-owner and investor of Swansea football club saying it’s ‘an underdog just like me’
Police are taking no further action over Kneecap’s performance at Glastonbury.
Officers said they had investigated “comments about a forthcoming court case made during Kneecap’s performance” at the festival on 28 June.
However, after Crown Prosecution Service advice, they decided there is not enough evidence “to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for any offence”.
The Avon & Somerset force started investigating the Irish group’s show last month, as well as comments by punk-rap duo Bob Vylan.
It said they were looking at a possible public order incident.
Police said on Friday that the investigation into Bob Vylan’s performance was ongoing.
The London duo were widely criticised – and caused a BBC crisis – after leading on-stage chants of “death to the IDF” (Israel Defence Forces).
Kneecap’s Liam Og O Hannaidh appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in June. Pic: PA
Kneecap posted a photograph on Instagram, which the group said was an email from police announcing the case was being dropped.
They said their packed Glastonbury gig was a “celebration of love and solidarity” and reporting used “wildly misleading headlines”.
Fears over what Kneecap might do or say during the performance had prompted the BBC not to show it live.
The group said: “Every single person who saw our set knew no law was broken, not even close… yet the police saw fit to publicly announce they were opening an investigation.”
“There is no public apology, they don’t send this to media or post it on police accounts,” they added.
The police statement on Friday said they had informed Kneecap of their decision to drop the case.
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One of the group’s members appeared in court in June charged with a terror offence.
Liam Og O hAnnaidh is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah, a proscribed organisation in the UK, at a gig last year.
He was released on unconditional bail ahead of a second court appearance in August.
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Tomorrowland: ‘Devastating’ blaze destroys main stage at major festival – two days before it was due to begin
A huge fire has destroyed the main stage of a major festival in Belgium – two days before it was due to begin.
Tomorrowland is a dance music event as big as Glastonbury – and David Guetta was due to perform.
Footage showed flames and thick plumes of black smoke engulfing the stage and spreading to nearby woodland on Wednesday.
The fire gutted the main stage
Fire crews attempt to bring the blaze under control
The annual festival in the town of Boom, north of Brussels, is one of the biggest in Europe and attracts about 400,000 people over two consecutive weekends.
It is famous for its immersive and elaborate designs and attracts big names within dance music – including Guetta, best known for tracks When Love Takes Over and Titanium.
Dutch DJs Martin Garrix and Charlotte de Witte were also due to perform, along with the likes of Swedish House Mafia, Eric Prydz and Alok.
Black smoke could be seen rising into the sky
The festival’s website described the creative elements which went into the elaborate main stage.
The theme, described as Orbyz, was “set in a magical universe made entirely out of ice” and “full of mythical creatures”.
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Organisers said no one was injured in the blaze but confirmed “our beloved main stage has been severely damaged”, adding they were “devastated”.
Spokesperson Debby Wilmsen added: “We received some truly terrible news today. A fire broke out on the Tomorrowland site … and our main stage was essentially destroyed there, which is truly awful.
“That’s a stage that took years to build, with so much love and passion. So I think a lot of people are devastated.”
Spokesperson Debby Wilmsen told reporters ‘a lot of people are devastated’
Despite the fire, Tomorrowland organisers said they were still expecting 38,000 festivalgoers at DreamVille, the event’s campsite.
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