Not only Elvis († 42) and Lisa Marie († 54) died early
The curse of the Presley family
Lisa Marie Presley passed away at the age of 54. Elvis Presley’s daughter is said to have had a heart problem like him. But they are not the only ones in the family.
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Lisa Marie Presley has died at the age of 54.
This news was a shock: Lisa Marie Presley died, as her mother, Priscilla Presley (77), announced on Thursday evening (local time). The singer was just 54 years old. A few hours earlier, Priscilla Presley shared on social media that Lisa Marie had been taken to a hospital. She initially did not provide any further information about the medical emergency.
According to US media reports, Lisa Marie Presley suffered cardiac arrest at her home in Calabasas, California, not far from Los Angeles. Paramedics carried out resuscitation, wrote the US portal “TMZ”.
Elvis Presley’s family struggled with heart problems
Lisa Marie is not the first in the Presley family to die young. Her father Elvis Presley’s heart was also the reason for his early death. The rock ‘n’ roll legend died on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42 at Graceland in Memphis. His family had him privately autopsied. The coroner in charge gave Presley’s high blood pressure and coronary artery disease as the cause of death. Later there were rumors that the «King» died of a prescription drug overdose. Both Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley struggled with drugs. In 1994, the Tennessee State Department of Health commissioned an independent pathologist to finally determine the cause of the musician’s death. He confirmed cardiac death.
The heart problems of Elvis Presley’s family go back even further. The singer’s mother, Gladys Presley (1912–1958) died of heart failure at the age of 46. Gladys Presely had three brothers who all died in their 40s from heart failure or pulmonary complications, according to the Daily Mail. Lisa Marie Presley’s son died particularly young. Benjamin (1992–2020) committed suicide at age 27. (bsn)
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