Lisa Marie Presley’s official cause of death has been revealed.
Lisa Marie, who was the one daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died of sequelae of small bowel obstruction, in line with the post-mortem report obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, July 13.
“The obstruction was within the type of a strangulated small bowel brought on by adhesions that developed after bariatric surgical procedure years in the past,” the deputy medical expert, Juan M. Carillo, said within the report.
In accordance with the abstract, Lisa Marie was complaining of stomach ache earlier within the day earlier than she was discovered unresponsive and rushed to the hospital. Whereas within the hospital, she was discovered to have “a severely distended stomach” and “extreme metabolic acidosis.”
Per the post-mortem, Lisa Marie was discovered with “therapeutic ranges of oxycodone within the blood,” in addition to “quetiapine metabolite together with buprenorphine with related metabolites.” They have been “not contributory to demise,” in line with the report. Lisa Marie’s demise was deemed pure.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I have to share the devastating information that my stunning daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla, 78, mentioned in an announcement to People on the time. “She was essentially the most passionate sturdy and loving girl I’ve ever identified. We ask for privateness as we attempt to cope with this profound loss. Thanks for the love and prayers. Right now there might be no additional remark.”
Priscilla’s assertion got here hours after Us confirmed that the “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ But” artist was rushed to the hospital after struggling cardiac arrest. Per TMZ, Lisa Marie was taken to the emergency room after paramedics carried out CPR.
Two days earlier, the singer-songwriter attended the 2023 Golden Globe Awards along with her mom in honor of the 2022 Elvis biopic starring Austin Butler.
Butler, 31, received the Greatest Actor in a Movement Image — Drama award for his function because the King of Rock n’ Roll. Throughout his acceptance speech on the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 10, he thanked Lisa Marie and Priscilla.
“Thanks for opening your hearts, your reminiscences, your own home to me,” the Carrie Diaries alum informed the Presleys earlier than addressing them instantly from the stage. “Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I really like you perpetually.”
Each Lisa Marie and Priscilla — who was married to the “Hound Canine” singer from 1967 to 1973 — saved Elvis’ legacy alive all through the many years and gave their blessing for Baz Luhrmann’s biopic in regards to the late rock icon.
“I actually didn’t know what to do with myself after I noticed [the movie],” Lisa Marie informed Leisure Tonight on the Globes purple carpet. “I needed to take, like, 5 days to course of it as a result of it was so unbelievable and so spot on and simply so genuine that, yeah, I can’t even describe what it meant.”
The “Storm & Grace” songstress is survived by her kids Riley Keough, 34, whom she shares with ex-husband Danny Keough, and 14-year-old twin daughters Harper and Finley, whom she shares with ex-husband Michael Lockwood. (Lisa Marie’s son, Benjamin Keough, from her marriage to Danny, died by suicide in 2020 at age 27.)
As a part of the settlement, Riley pays her grandmother a $1 million lump sum in addition to $400,000 in authorized charges, per paperwork obtained by the New York Instances in June.
