{"id":3667,"date":"2024-10-08T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2024-10-08T19:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:47:12","slug":"lisa-marie-presley-kept-son-benjamins-body-at-home-for-two-months-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=3667","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Marie Presley \u2018kept son Benjamin\u2019s body at home\u2019 for two months after his death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/riley-keough-lisa-marie-presley-death-b2618952.html\">Lisa Marie Presley\u2019s posthumous memoir <\/a>apparently reveals the extent of her grief over the death of her son, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/lisa-marie-presley-son-death-benjamin-keough-suicide-elvis-a9615256.html\">Benjamin Keough<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The late singer, who was the only child of singer Elvis Presley and actor\/singer Priscilla Presley,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/lisa-marie-presley-death-hospitalised-elvis-b2261391.html\"> died in January last year,<\/a> aged 54.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter, actor and musician Riley Keough, completed the book \u2013 titled <em>From Here to the Great Unknown <\/em>\u2013 in the months after her death.<\/p>\n<p>In one chapter, Presley is said to disclose that she was so heartbroken over Benjamin\u2019s death that she kept his body in her home for two months, as she struggled to decide where to bury him.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin, the younger brother of Riley, was shared by Presley and her first husband, musician Danny Keough, before their divorce in 1994. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/lisa-marie-presley-son-death-benjamin-keough-suicide-elvis-a9615256.html\">He took his own life in 2020,<\/a> aged 27.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/08\/celebrity-news\/lisa-marie-presley-kept-dead-sons-body-in-her-home-for-2-months\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Page Six<\/em><\/a> reports that she explained how she had to force herself to \u201cfight\u201d to remain alive for the sake of her surviving children, Riley, 35, and twin daughters Harper and Finley Lockwood, now 16.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lisa Marie Presley with her son, Benjamin\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2022\/07\/13\/08\/newFile-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Lisa Marie Presley with her son, Benjamin<span> (Instagram @lisampresley)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere is no law in the state of California that you have to bury someone immediately,\u201d Presley wrote, revealing that she kept her son in the bedroom of a casita \u2013 a small building separate to the main property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found a very empathetic funeral home owner\u2026 She said, \u2018We\u2019ll bring Ben Ben to you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riley and her mother decided to honour Benjamin by getting tattoos that matched his \u2013 he had his sister\u2019s name inscribed on his collarbone, and his mother\u2019s on his hand. They called a tattooist to look at Benjamin\u2019s body so he could match the font and placement.<\/p>\n<p>Riley reportedly writes in the memoir: \u201cLisa Marie Presley had just asked this poor man to look at the body of her dead son, which happened to be right next to us in the casitas.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amazon Music logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Music.png\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Enjoy unlimited access to 70 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music<\/p>\n<p>Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32gdyhr\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Amazon Music logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/mobile-stores\/Amazon_Music.png\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Enjoy unlimited access to 70 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music<\/p>\n<p>Sign up now for a 30-day free trial<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32gdyhr\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had an extremely absurd life, but this moment is in the top five.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Riley Keough (left) with her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, in 2017\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/08\/13\/Books-Winfrey-Lisa_Marie_Presley_47133.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption>Riley Keough (left) with her mother, Lisa Marie Presley, in 2017<span> (2017 Invision)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Soon after they got their tattoos, Riley recalled everyone getting the sense that Benjamin wanted to be laid to rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven my mom said that she could feel him talking to her, saying, \u2018This is insane, mom, what are you doing? What the f***!\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Benamin\u2019s funeral was held in Malibu, with a ceremony led by Indian-American author Deepak Chopra. He was buried at Graceland alongside his grandfather; Lisa Marie was later buried next to him, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/riley-keough-lisa-marie-presley-death-b2618952.html\">In an interview with <em>People<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>Riley said that her mother died of \u201cbroken heart\u201d after Benjamin\u2019s death. She died of natural causes; a medical examiner determined a small bowel obstruction caused her cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom tried her best to find strength for me and my younger sisters after Ben died, but we knew how much pain she was in,\u201d Riley said. \u201cMy mom physically died from the after-effects of her surgery, but we all knew she died of a broken heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>From Here to the Great Unknown <\/em>is out now. <\/p>\n<p><em>If you have been affected by the issues addressed in this article, you can contact the following organisations for support: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mind.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>mind.org.uk<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/stress-anxiety-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>nhs.uk\/livewell\/mentalhealth<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>mentalhealth.org.uk<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/samaritans.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>samaritans.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nFuente: https:\/\/ift.tt\/hkACSqV<br \/>\nPublicado: October 8, 2024 at 08:12AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. 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