Lisa Marie Presley was solely 9 years outdated when her father died aged 42 in 1977, additionally from a cardiac arrest.
Via the years, there have been stories that Lisa Marie was at Graceland when Elvis Presley died, and it is also been reported she noticed her father’s lifeless physique within the moments after his loss of life.
Following her loss of life on January 13, 2022, Elvis’ step-brother, David E. Stanley, revealed to The Solar he was additionally at Graceland on the day of Elvis’ loss of life, August 16, 1977, and Lisa Marie got here to search out him.
Stanley mentioned he was enjoying pool with a buddy when Lisa Marie and her buddy, who was the niece of Elvis’ then-girlfriend Ginger, got here speeding as much as him.
”Daddy is sick… we can’t wake him up,” he claims she instructed him.
Stanley claimed that Lisa Marie’s proclamation didn’t come as a shock within the second, as he had “seen it occur many occasions earlier than” so he “did not panic.”
”She instructed me folks have been with him, so I instructed my buddy I would run him dwelling, as a result of I suspected we might should cancel a tour or make some preparations,” he instructed the outlet.
Stanley then drove again to Graceland, and an ambulance pulled into the property’s gates earlier than him.
That is when he started to panic. Moments later, he learnt that the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll had died.
Beforehand, Lisa Marie had spoken out concerning the hours earlier than her father’s loss of life, revealing Elvis kissed her goodnight and put her to mattress the night time earlier than, however when she wakened, she knew one thing was fallacious.
“I knew one thing was fallacious, as a result of I used to be in my room which was proper subsequent to his toilet,” Lisa Marie beforehand mentioned in a tv interview.
“So I knew that one thing was very fallacious. All of the commotion and all the pieces. I used to be a wreck.
“I used to be a large number, however I used to be additionally confused as a result of I used to be so upset.”
Right here, Lisa Marie is pictured months earlier than Elvis’ loss of life in Los Angeles in March 1977.
Learn on to recollect Lisa Marie Presley’s life in footage.
