'Forever indebted to her': 'Elvis' actress Olivia DeJonge pays respect to Lisa Marie Presley
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Lisa Marie Presley was the only daughter of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, as well as the sole heir to her father's estate after her grandfather and her great-grandmother died. However, Lisa Marie Presley suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, California, on January 12, 2023. Her heart was restarted after CPR was administered en route to a hospital in Los Angeles, but she died later that day at the age of 54.
The last time she was in public had been two days prior to her death, at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, which she attended with her mother. Furthermore, the news of her death was released by her mother, Priscilla Presley. Speaking of Priscilla Presley, ‘Elvis’ actress Olivia DeJonge who played Lisa Marie’s mum Priscilla, 77, in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic about her dad, said on her Instagram Stories on Friday, January 13, 2023, she was “shattered” over the death of Elvis’ only child a day earlier after she suffered two heart attacks.
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According to People, DeJonge, who portrayed Lisa Marie Presley's mother, Priscilla Presley, in Baz Luhrmann's 2022 film 'Elvis', shared a sweet photo of Lisa Marie Presley sharing a laugh with her 'Elvis' co-star Austin Butler on Instagram.
Underneath the photo, she wrote, "Shattered. Privileged to have felt her magnificent presence. And forever indebted to her, for the kindness and support she showed me, and the entire Elvis family. All my love to Priscilla, Riley, Harper, and Finley."
Furthermore, Lisa Marie, who is survived by her mum and three daughters Riley, 33, and 14-year-old twins, Finley and Harper, will be buried beside her son Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020 aged 27, and her dad Elvis – who died on August 16, 1977, aged 42 – at his Graceland estate.
'Elvis' is a biographical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and written by Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce, and Jeremy Doner. It follows the life of the iconic rock and roll singer and actor Elvis Presley, which is told from the perspective of his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, whose financial abuse is a major plot point. However, the American Film Institute named 'Elvis' one of the ten best films of 2022.