How Lisa Marie Presley’s cardiac arrest is latest battle in her rollercoaster life

Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of legendary rock icon Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla was unable to survive ‘full cardiac arrest’ on Thursday.

The 54-year-old was discovered unresponsive by a housekeeper, with sources saying her first husband, Danny Keough, returned to the house they were sharing and performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

EMTs were able to resuscitate her and rush her to a local hospital, where she was ultimately pronounced dead. 

Priscilla was later seen arriving at the hospital to support her daughter – an hour after reports of the medical emergency. 

She eventually released a statement saying, ‘It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us.’ 

‘She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment.’

Lisa Marie Presley, 54, died on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest at her Calabasas home 

She was just nine when she saw her father’s dead body slumped face-down on the carpet, as she recalled crying as she said ‘my daddy’s dead’

As the only daughter of rock ‘n’ roll royalty, Lisa Marie was quickly thrust into the limelight as a child and has had her fair share of tragedy.

In recent years, she has opened up about her crippling drug addiction, including painkillers, opioids and cocaine.

Rock n’ roll heir’s battle with addiction

While writing the foreword for Harry Nelson’s book – The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain – she opened up for the first time about her addiction to painkillers, opioids and cocaine. 

Presley said in the book, written in 2019, that she was ‘grateful to be alive today’ before explaining that she first started taking opioids after the birth of her twins Vivienne and Finley in 2008.

She said: ‘You may read this and wonder how, after losing people close to me, I also fell prey to opioids.

‘It only took a short-term prescription of opioids in the hospital for me to feel the need to keep taking them.’

Addiction has been a part of the star’s life since she was a child, with her father and ex-husband, Michael Jackson, both dying due to complications from drug use.

Lisa Marie was just nine when she saw her father’s dead body slumped face -down on the carpet, as she recalled crying as she said ‘my daddy’s dead’.

His body was not removed from the property following his death in August 1977, which Lisa Marie previously said made it ‘not seem real’ to her – adding it was ‘oddly comforting’.

As the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, she was quickly thrust into the limelight as a child and has had her fair share of tragedy

Lisa Marie’s four failed marriages 

Lisa Marie has fought to keep her addiction private, but details of her battle for sobriety emerged as she filed paperwork to divorce her fourth husband – musician Michael Lockwood.

She married Danny Keough in 1988 and stayed with him for six years. They had daughter Riley and son Benjamin together, before she married Jackson in 1994.

The pair became friends after meeting in 1975 at a concert in Las Vegas, but did not build on their budding relationship until they had dinner with a mutual friend in Los Angeles.

However, their marriage only lasted two years and became quickly overwhelmed with problems – including Jackson being accused of abusing children.

She claims she was ‘sucked into’ believing that Jackson was a ‘misunderstood person,’ and their wedding came a year after Jordan Chandler filed a lawsuit against the signer alleging sexual abuse.

Lisa Marie told Rolling Stone in 2003 that she became obsessed with trying to ‘save’ the star and thought that they could ‘save the world’ together.

Reflecting on the effect the marriage has had on her life and reputation, she said: ‘All I did get out of it was a s**t storm. And I got out of it.’

She said that she was aware of his drug addiction in 1995 – just a year after they tied the knot – after he collapsed on stage while rehearsing for an HBO special concert.

She gave the superstar an ultimatum – choose the drugs or her. He chose the drugs.

The star said that she would regularly see her second husband come back from his dermatologist’s office ‘completely out of it’.

Lisa Marie had a shotgun wedding to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, (left)  just 20 days after she finalized her divorce with Danny Keough. She then went on to marry Hollywood actor Nicholas Cage (right)  in a marriage that lasted just 107 days – with Cage filing for divorce

Lisa Marie was married to Danny Keough for six years, from October 1988 until May 1994, when she filed for divorce in the Dominican Republic. The pair reunited after the death of their son Benjamin in 2020

She insisted that their marriage was real and not a publicity stunt, often saying she tried to fix in Jackson what she couldn’t with Elvis.

Even after their split, the pair stayed close friends, with her flying ‘all over the world’ to be with him.

The last time they spoke was in 2005 just before he went on trial for another molestation allegation.

At the time he asked if she still loved him, but they stopped speaking after she said she was ‘indifferent’.

Lisa Marie explained that she was very emotional when she discovered he had died in 2009, saying ‘it was the strangest day of my life.’

She then became engaged to singer John Oszajca, before breaking off their relationship after meeting actor Nicholas Cage.

The two had a marriage that lasted just 107 days – from 2002 to 2004 – with Cage filing for divorce after they failed to ‘stabilize’ each other’s lives.

Speaking in 2003, she reflected on her relationship with the Hollywood star, compared themselves to ‘tyrannical pirates’.

She said: ‘So we connected, we had a great connection. We were both a bit – we’re sort of these gypsy spirited, you know, tyrannical pirates.

‘And one pirate marries another they will sink the ship basically is what it comes down to.

‘It was kind of one of those things where you marry someone hoping… to either stabilize my life or it’s going to, you know, accentuate all that was going on prior to what was problematic. So it kind of did the latter, that’s all.’ 

She married musician Michael Lockwood for ten years, between 2006 and 2016. They had twins Finley and Harper together.

Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to hospital less than two hours after celebrating her father at the Golden Globes with Austin Butler, who brought him back to life on the big screen

She tried to keep the majority of her battles private, but after marrying musician Michael Lockwood and having twins Finley and Vivian together, the pair went through a bitter divorce

The last time Jackson and Lisa Marie spoke was in 2005 just before he went on trial for another molestation allegation

She fought to keep her addiction private, but details of her battle for sobriety emerged as she filed paperwork to divorce her fourth husband – musician Michael Lockwood

Lisa Marie Presley’s struggle with cocaine 

She tried to keep the majority of her battles private, but the couple’s divorce papers revealed the extent of her cocaine habit.

The singer admitted that her problems with sobriety started in 2003, after years of witnessing those around her struggle.

As a teenager, her drug abuse led to her being admitted to The Castle – a Scientology center in Hollywood – for rehab.

She also became embroiled in the trial of That ‘70s Show actor Danny Masterson, and apologized to his alleged victims, after the Church asked her to persuade his accusers not to report him to the police.

She admits to having seen her father taking ‘handfuls of pills’ and remembers his ‘erratic behavior’ towards the end of his life’.

Her foreword continued: ‘It’s a difficult path to overcome this dependence and to put my life back together.

‘Even in recent years, I have seen too many people I loved struggle with addiction and die tragically from this epidemic.

‘It is time for us to say goodbye to shame about addiction. We have to stop blaming and judging ourselves and the people around us. That starts with sharing our stories.’ 

Ahead of the Golden Globes, Lisa Marie celebrated her late father’s 88th Birthday with fans outside Graceland – Butler also attended this event

Lisa Marie was in tears at the Golden Globes just hours before her collapse, with actor Austin Butler telling the family ‘I love you forever’ 

Lisa Marie said she had to go to rehab ‘several times’, admitting to between three and five stints in a Mexican treatment facility

She says that her therapist called her a ‘miracle’ before adding: ‘I don’t know how you’re still alive.’

Amid the divorce proceedings with Lockwood, she temporarily lost custody of her twin daughters, who went to live with her mother Priscilla.

In a 2017 deposition, a year after the acrimonious split, she admitted to abusing cocaine, opioids, painkillers and alcohol.

Lisa Marie added that she had to go to rehab ‘several times’, admitting to between three and five stints in a Mexican treatment facility.

She said she was a ‘mess’ and ‘couldn’t stop’, with court documents revealing in the last year of her marriage to Lockwood she was ‘abusing cocaine terribly’.

The singer added: ‘I didn’t mix the pills and alcohol until, like, the last two years.’

Amid the divorce proceedings, she temporarily lost custody of her twin daughters, who went to live with her mother Priscilla

Home of Elvis Presley, circa 2010

Celebrity daughter suffers financial troubles 

Lockwood and Lisa Marie spent years fighting about finances, and she was also suing a former business manager who she accused of squandering her $100million fortune.

During her divorce with Lockwood she was ordered to pay $100k in attorneys fees, but filed court documents claiming she was $16.7million in debt.

She accused her manager, Barry Seigel’s Provident Financial Management, of mishandling her finances and said she had several unpaid credit card bills.

Seigel denied the allegations and blamed Lisa Marie’s ‘lavish spending’, with the lawsuit eventually settling out of court.

At the time, she claimed that he sold 85 percent of her interest in Elvis Presley Enterprises, leaving her with just $14,000.

In 2021, Priscilla reportedly sold her LA mansion for a profit to try and assist with her daughter’s debt.

Lisa Marie, meanwhile, begged a judge to ‘declare her officially single’ from her Lockwood, after five years of separation. He refused to divorce her.

She said there was ‘no hope’ for the couple to reconcile and wanted to ‘move forward’ with her life.

She was ‘devastated’ when she lost her son Benjamin – who was 27 – in 2020 after he shot himself in an apparent suicide 

She admits to seeing her father taking ‘handfuls of pills’ and remembers his ‘erratic behavior’ towards the end of his life’

Lisa Marie (right) and her mother Priscilla (left) were at the Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday night to see Austin Butler (center) who played her father in the movie ‘Elvis’

Jerry Schilling and Lisa Marie Presley with Icelandic Glacial at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on January 10, 2023

 Star suffers the loss of her son

In 2020 Lisa Marie almost completely retreated from the spotlight following the death of Benjamin.

One of the first times she reappeared in public was to celebrate Elvis’ birthday with her daughter Riley and Austin Butler.

She also appeared at an event in Orlando on January 6, with tickets to the evening costing $750.

The heiress’s only son committed suicide aged 27 – and had cocaine and alcohol in his system.

Benjamin died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the family’s $1.8M Calabasas home after an argument with his girlfriend of three years, Diana Pinto.

He had attempted to take his life six months earlier and had been to rehab four times but never completed his recovery.

Speaking some time after his death, Lisa Marie said: ‘Navigating through this hideous grief that absolutely destroyed and shattered my heart and my soul into almost nothing has swallowed me whole.’

She added that it ‘broke her heart’ that Benjamin was not here to see the film of her father’s life on the big screen.

Lisa Marie’s millions: She was custodian of the $100million Elvis estate, sued ex business manager for mismanagement – and faced losing half of it in vicious divorce from fourth husband Michael Lockwood

By Harriett Alexander for DailyMail.com