Lisa Marie Presley’s Last Words (Part 1)

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From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir: The Autobiography - Presley, Lisa Marie, Keough, Lisa ...

Autobiography of Lisa Marie Presley, published posthumously.

“My music wasn’t that successful.  I didn’t finish high school.  I’m not beautiful.  I’m not good enough — but, I’m a great mother.”  Quote from Lisa Marie Presley.

Shortly before Lisa Marie Presley’s untimely death at the age of 54, she had been working on her memoirs with her eldest daughter, Riley Keough.  Lisa had procrastinated long enough.  Riley would help her finish it.  Unfortunately, death stepped in.  What we have is an unfinished autobiography.  Luckily, Lisa left behind audio recordings for the book.  Finally, we get a true account of what really happened to Elvis Presley and his daughter.

Elvis marriage began on May 1, 1967

Elvis’s wife Priscilla became pregnant soon after their 1967 marriage.  Priscilla wasn’t happy about it, knowing about the weight gain; knowing other women wanted the “King”.  She would gain little weight living on a diet of apples and eggs.

February 1, 1968. Lisa Marie is born.

Lisa considered life at Graceland as the happiest time of her life.  Elvis spoiled her, loved her, gave her everything she could ever want.  They loved each other unconditionally.

Shortly before their separation. December 1971.

After birth, Elvis suddenly saw his wife as a mother – and their sex life declined.  This would spell trouble in their marriage that would end in 1973.

Elvis and Priscilla’s divorce hearing, 1973.

When her parents separated in 1972, Lisa went to live with her mother in Los Angeles and she hated it.   Lisa describes her mom as “chilly”.  She knew she was unwanted.  Although Priscilla loved her daughter in her own way, Lisa could be a Hellraiser.   This resulted in a series of boarding schools.

Legally, Elvis shared custody.  On the holidays and during summer, Lisa would return to Graceland, “Paradise” if you will.

Elvis would spoil her endlessly with gifts, trips to the amusement park and plane rides on his private jet named the “Lisa Marie”.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Lisa could see that her dad’s health was in decline.  Overweight and heavily dependent on drugs, Elvis would knock himself out and sleep for days.  Guilt played a big part of it.  The death of  his mother Gladys was caused by her worry over him being drafted into the Army.  The end of his marriage was caused by him refusing to settle down, refusing to change.

Elvis with Linda Thompson

Lisa writes that she loved Linda Thompson, Elvis’s main girlfriend from 1973 – 1976.

Ginger Alden with Elvis

She would be replaced by Ginger Alden in 1977.  Lisa writes that she thought Ginger didn’t love Elvis; that she was playing him.  Others in his inner circle said the same thing.

AUGUST 16, 1977.  Lisa woke up in the early afternoon with the feeling that something was terribly wrong.  Going to see, Elvis was already dead on the bathroom floor.  The head of the “Memphis Mafia”,  Joe Esposito began CPR.  Ginger pulled Lisa out of the room.  Lisa fought hard to see her dad.  She would see him taken out on a stretcher.

The end of Elvis would begin a new way of life for his daughter.  She too would begin a singing career, take drugs, get married and have children.

On occasion, Elvis visited Lisa in her dreams.  Lisa believed they were real visitations, writing that she tried to warn him of his overdose and heart attack.  Elvis replied, “It’s already happened.”

The dreams ended when her son, Benjamin Keough was born.

Lisa Marie’s only son, Benjamin Keough.

END OF PART ONE

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Elvis Death

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The last photo of Elvis Presley taken at the gates of Graceland.

August 16, 1977.  The first person to see Elvis Presley dead was his fiancée Ginger Alden.  It had been six hours since she had last checked on him.  (Elvis former girlfriend Linda Thompson would not have let this happen.)   Elvis was found face down in front of the toilet.  Ginger assumed he had fallen into a drug-induced sleep.  Turning his head to see his purple face and his tongue caught between his teeth proved otherwise.

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The head of Elvis’s security force Joe Esposito was called in.  Turning Elvis over, a gasp of air escaped.  Joe, too, wrongly thought his boss might still be alive.  The fact was Elvis had been dead for over two hours.  Rigor mortis had already set in.

An ambulance was called.  Joe tried CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.  The household staff became alert to the emergency.  Worst of all, so did Elvis’s daughter Lisa Marie who tried to run in the bathroom.  Ginger blocked her, locking the door.

The ambulance team was told by Elvis half-brother Rick Stanley that it might be an overdose.  (He should know.  He, along with Elvis’s dentist administered the fatal medications.)  It took five men to place Elvis on the gurney.  The King had ballooned to 255 pounds.

Elvis’s doctor, Dr. “Nick” Nichopoulos and Joe Esposito boarded the ambulance.  Ginger, who had finally made up her mind to go, had the back of the ambulance door shut in her face.

Dr. “Nick” feverishly worked at reviving the corpse that rocked the world.

Meanwhile, back at Graceland, Ginger consoled eight year old Lisa saying that her Daddy would be all right.  Others prayed.

Adrenalin was injected into the heart in a futile attempt to resurrect the fallen King.  An ambulance worker said it looked like Elvis was already dead.  These desperate attempts at life soon faded.  Elvis Presley – the King of Rock and Roll was pronounced dead from cardiac arrhythmia at 3:30 p.m.

The last jumpsuit that fit him – the Aztec sun design

PostScript

Col. Parker with Elvis

Col. Tom Parker would continue to manage Elvis’s legacy, collecting 75% instead of 50%.  This would continue until Lisa Marie reached maturity; whereupon, it was revealed that the Colonel had been scamming the Presley family for over thirty years.

Ginger Alden was shut out from the Presley family after appearing in an exploitation film titled “Living Legend:  The King of Rock and Roll”.  In 2014, she would write a book about their affair titled “Elvis and Ginger”.

Elvis with Ginger, Dec. 1976

Elvis’s father Vernon Presley, age 63, died two years later from a heart attack.

Elvis’s father

Lisa Marie Presley, age 54, would die from a bowel obstruction, the end result of bariatric surgery.

Elvis’s daughter

Benjamin Storm Presley Keough, Elvis’s only grandson would die at the age of 27 from suicide.  (Death by gunshot.)

Elvis’s grandson

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Elvis Suicide? (Part 2)

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On August 16, 1977, entertainer Elvis Presley was found dead.  Since then, the perceived cause of death was polypharmacy (an overdose caused by a dozen different drugs.)  How could this happen?  Was it allowed or a deliberate o.d?  Was Elvis depressed enough to kill himself?

With all the problems Elvis had, it’s hard to imagine him killing himself.  Had his life reached a dead end?

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Would Elvis have killed himself with daughter Lisa Marie in his home?

Boredom set in.  He saw most of those around him as exploiters after his wealth and fame.  It had been four to five years since his last hit single or album.  His main source of income was touring, but as can be seen in his last TV special, it was become harder to keep up the façade.

The broadcast of “Elvis in Concert” (Oct. ’77) would reveal the new fat Elvis.

Whether Elvis killed himself may never be known for sure.  What is known is what led up to it.  Since his 1973 divorce, a slide down to oblivion was caused by his wife leaving him for Mike Stone.  He couldn’t handle it.  The straw that broke the camel’s back:  a final scandal book titled “Elvis:  What Happened?” written by his former bodyguards.  The book was released on August 1.  Elvis died on August 16.  Coincidence?

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The sycophants’, the enablers, the doctors, only made it worse and Elvis wouldn’t listen to the few who warned him to stop it.  Ultimately, he is to blame for not seeing what was happening to him.

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Elvis last chance: fiancée Ginger Alden slept in the next room while Elvis lay dying.

His inner circle was unable to prevent his premature death at 42.

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Elvis home: Graceland.  WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSES HIS OWN SOUL? Mark 8:36

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