Household, mates and followers honored the lifetime of Lisa Marie Presley at her public memorial service on Sunday. The daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley died on Jan. 12 at age 54 after going into cardiac arrest, although an official reason for loss of life has not but been decided.
Titled “A Celebration of the Lifetime of Lisa Marie Presley,” the memorial service was held at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., the enduring hand-crafted well-known by her mother and father.
Presley’s members of the family, together with mom Priscilla and actress daughter Riley Keough, had been joined by Sarah Ferguson, Austin Butler, Axl Rose and a number of other different celebrities who honored the late recording artist with a touching service stuffed with music and reminiscences.
Throughout his opening remarks, movie producer Joel Weinshanker instructed the gang that Presley had particularly requested one factor at her funeral: “Do not make it unhappy.”
“Lisa, we’ll attempt to honor your want in the present day,” added Weinshanker, Folks reported.
Priscilla Presley additionally took the stage and introduced that she would learn one thing written by her granddaughter — presumably Keough, the oldest of Presley’s three daughters — to that “says all of it.”
“‘I do not know the way to put my mom into phrases. Reality is, there are too many. Lisa Marie Presley was an icon, a job mannequin, a superhero to many individuals everywhere in the world, however Mama was my icon, my function mannequin, my superhero — in rather more methods than one,'” Priscilla shared, Folks reported. “‘Even now, I can not get throughout every part there’s to be understood or recognized about her, however as she at all times stated, I will do my finest.'”
Priscilla concluded the speech by sharing “our coronary heart is damaged. Lisa, all of us love you.”
Keough’s husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, additionally shared phrases on his spouse’s behalf. Smith-Petersen’s speech sparked hypothesis that he and Keough have welcomed a daughter, Folks reported.
“‘I hope I can love my daughter the way in which you really liked me, the way in which you really liked my brother and my sisters,'” he stated, sharing Keough’s phrases. “‘Thanks for giving me energy, my coronary heart, my empathy, my braveness, my humorousness, my manners, my mood, my wildness, my tenacity. I am a product of your coronary heart, my sisters are a product of your coronary heart, my brother is a product of your coronary heart.'”
Ferguson, an in depth buddy of Presley’s, challenged the viewers to “stoke our flames inside to rejoice extraordinary Lisa Marie.”
“I stand right here with nice honor, as a result of we known as one another Sissy. I have been right here with you all for all of your lives and I stand right here with nice honor,” shared Ferguson. “So Sissy, that is for you with affection.”
She went on to cite the late Queen Elizabeth, saying: “My late mother-in-law used to say that nothing may be stated, can start to remove the anguish and the ache of those moments as a result of grief is the value we pay for love, and the way proper she was.”
In the course of the service Smashing Pumpkins musician Billy Corgan carried out “To Shiela,” whereas Weapons N’ Roses legend Axl Rose carried out “November Rain.” There have been additionally performances by Alanis Morrissette and the Blackwood Brothers Quartet.
Austin Butler, who portrayed Elvis Presley within the latest movie Elvis, was additionally in attendance. He beforehand spoke out after Lisa Marie’s loss of life, releasing a press release professing his grief for her family members over the loss.
“My coronary heart is totally shattered for Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla on the tragic and sudden lack of Lisa Marie,” Butler stated, referring to Presley’s three surviving kids and her mom, Yahoo Leisure beforehand reported. “I’m eternally grateful for the time I used to be fortunate sufficient to be close to her brilliant mild and can ceaselessly cherish the quiet moments we shared. Her heat, her love and her authenticity will at all times be remembered”
Within the occasion’s program, the Presley household shared a message of gratitude for the overwhelming outreach following Lisa Marie’s loss of life.
“We want to specific our heartfelt gratitude for the love, compassion and help you have got proven our household throughout this troublesome time,” the message learn. “We’ll at all times be grateful.”
Presley will likely be buried subsequent to her son, Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020 at age 27, and near her well-known father’s last resting place.
Presley was pronounced lifeless on Jan. 12, simply two weeks away from her fifty fifth birthday. She went into cardiac arrest at her dwelling within the Calabasas-Agoura Hills neighborhood two days after her high-profile look on the Golden Globe Awards.
A number of hours later, Priscilla confirmed her daughter’s loss of life in a press release.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I need to share the devastating information that my lovely daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” stated Priscilla.
