By quantriweb2023 
Introduction
LOS ANGELES — WORLD EXCLUSIVE. In a heart-wrenching revelation that has shocked fans of the Presley legacy, Priscilla Presley has opened up about the final, tragic days of her daughter Lisa Marie Presley, describing a woman “tired of life” and consumed by grief over her son Benjamin Keough’s death.
Speaking to PEOPLE, the 79-year-old matriarch of the Presley family fought back tears as she recalled the final conversation that would haunt her forever.
“She just didn’t want to be here anymore,” Priscilla admitted quietly. “She kept saying it — she wanted to be with Ben.”
The singer-songwriter, and only child of Elvis Presley, died in January 2023 at 54. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office later confirmed the cause as a small bowel obstruction — a complication from prior weight-loss surgery. But according to Priscilla, her daughter’s emotional suffering had begun long before her body gave out.
“Losing Ben broke her completely,” Priscilla said. “After his death, she wasn’t the same Lisa. There was a light in her that just… went out.”
Two days before tragedy struck, mother and daughter attended the Golden Globes together, celebrating Elvis, the biopic that brought the King’s story roaring back to life. They laughed, embraced, and took photos that now feel eerily final. That night, they went to the Chateau Marmont, unaware it would be their last outing together.
“We laughed, we talked about the movie, and she seemed okay,” Priscilla recalled. “But when we left, she looked at me and said, ‘Mom, I don’t feel right. My stomach hurts.’ I told her to go home and rest — I had no idea it would be the last time I’d ever speak to her.”
Hours later, Lisa Marie collapsed at her Calabasas home. She was rushed to the hospital, unresponsive. Priscilla arrived within the hour, joined by Lisa’s ex-husbands Danny Keough and Michael Lockwood, both of whom had remained close to her.
“We were all there — me, Danny, Michael,” Priscilla said. “We waited all day. She was on life support. Then the doctor came in and said, ‘Priscilla, I’m so sorry… she’s gone.’”
The moment shattered what little strength she had left. “Losing Lisa was the hardest thing since losing Elvis,” she confessed. “It’s the kind of pain that never leaves you.”
But amidst her grief, Priscilla found one fragile lifeline — her son Navarone Garibaldi.
“I realized I still had a son who needed me,” she said. “That’s what kept me going.”
Rumors had swirled about a rift between Priscilla and her granddaughter Riley Keough over control of Graceland, the family’s sacred home. Priscilla denied the feud outright. “Riley and I never had any issues,” she insisted. “We’re very close. She’s been wonderful — and she’s close to Navarone, too.”
Now, the Presley matriarch spends her days surrounded by her grandchildren — Riley, and Lisa’s 15-year-old twins Harper and Finley. She smiles faintly when she speaks of her daughter’s fire and humor. “Lisa was strong-willed, funny, and so full of life when she wanted to be,” Priscilla said softly. “She had her father’s spirit.”
In the wake of endless heartbreak — losing Elvis, then Benjamin, then Lisa Marie — Priscilla remains the last guardian of a name that defined American music and tragedy alike. “Some days I wake up and it still doesn’t feel real,” she said. “But I know they’re all together now — Elvis, Ben, and Lisa. That gives me peace.”
As she prepares to mark another anniversary of her daughter’s passing, Priscilla Presley stands as both a survivor and a witness to one of Hollywood’s most enduring family stories. And perhaps, one day soon, she’ll tell the world what really happened in those final, silent hours before Lisa Marie Presley took her last breath.