'My beautiful mama': Lisa Marie Presley’s daughter Riley Keough shares heartbreaking final photo with mom
CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA: Riley Keough, daughter of late singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, has shared an emotional post of her final moment with her mother captured on camera. Lisa Marie Presley, 54, died on January 12 after being hospitalized following a cardiac arrest.
Riley Keough shared a beautiful picture in loving memory of her mum on Instagram on Tuesday, January 25. "I feel blessed to have a photo of the last time I saw my beautiful mama. Grateful @georgieflores took this," she penned the post, which she credited to actress Georgie Flores.
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Previously, Lisa Marie Presley's daughter Riley Keough shared another tribute for her late mother. The 33-year-old shared a beautiful throwback black-and-white picture of her mother affectionately looking at Riley Keough while she is holding flowers and looking back at her mom with a smile on her face. In her first statement to the public following the death of her mother, the actress posted the photo along with a simple heart emoji.
Subsequently, during Lisa Marie Presley's public memorial, which was held at Elvis Graceland's home in Memphis, Tennessee, Riley Keough honored her mother, the only child of rock legend Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley. Riley Keough's husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, read a letter his wife had written to her mother, titled "A Letter to My Momma."
"Thank you for being my mother in this life. I'm eternally grateful to have spent 33 years with you. I'm certain I chose the best mother for me in this world, and I knew that as far back as I can remember you." Keough recalled buying ice cream after school, listening to Aretha Franklin in the van, and having Lisa Marie sing her and her brother to sleep.
.@RileyKeough hoped her late mother Lisa Marie Presley "finally know how loved you were here" from a heartfelt letter read out by her husband Ben Smith-Petersen at Graceland. pic.twitter.com/9aTq9GRHWv
— 10 News First (@10NewsFirst) January 23, 2023
"I remember how it felt to be loved by the most loving mother I've ever known. I remember how safe it felt to be in your arms. I remember that feeling as a child and I remember it two weeks ago on your couch. Thank you for showing me that love is the only thing that matters in this life," Smith-Petersen read.
"I hope I can love my daughter the way you loved me, the way you loved my brother and my sisters," he added, confirming for the first time that he and Keough had welcomed a baby together. "Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my wildness, my tenacity. I'm a product of your heart. I hope you finally know how loved you were here. Thank you for trying so hard for us," he concluded. "If I didn't tell you every day, thank you."
'She is with you always'!
Instagram users were quick to show their love and support for Riley Keough. One user wrote, "I'm so sorry for your, and your families, as well as the world's great loss." Another added, "She is with you always. You are a legacy of her powerful love and powerful light…" A third wrote on Instagram, "@rileykeough Oh Riley thinking of you often and sending you so much." A fourth comment added, "Beautiful reminder of you and your mama. Memories are everything." "Riley you're such a strong woman. You have all the love and the support in this world," read another comment.
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