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Topics: Celebrity, Lisa Marie Presley
Callum Jones
Topics: Celebrity, Lisa Marie Presley
Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide which some readers may find distressing.
Lisa Marie Presley kept her son Benjamin's body in her home for two months after his death.
Lisa Marie, who was the only child of the late Elvis Presley, died in January 2023 at the age of 54.
Her cause of death was later revealed as a result of a bowel obstruction.
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Prior to passing away, Lisa Marie had been writing a memoir, something which has been finished by her daughter Riley Keough.
In From Here to the Great Unknown, Lisa stated how she was forced to 'fight' to stay alive for her remaining children after losing Benjamin.
As such, Lisa did not say goodbye to him straight away, partly due to being undecided on whether Benjamin would be buried in Hawaii or at Graceland.
She wrote: "My house has a separate casitas bedroom and I kept Ben Ben in there for two months. There is no law in the state of California that you have to bury someone immediately.
"I found a very empathetic funeral home owner … She said, ‘We’ll bring Ben Ben to you."
Lisa Marie went on to write in her memoir how she 'got so used to him, caring for him and keeping him' in a 55 degree kept room.
Benjamin passed away at the age of 27 in 2020 following a long battle with mental health problems. He died from suicide.
Lisa Marie and Riley decided to tattoos to honour Benjamin, with the tattoo artist asking if they had any pictures of him.
Elvis' daughter replied, 'No, but I can show you', with Riley penning in the memoir: "Lisa 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. I’ve had an extremely absurd life, but this moment is in the top five."
Lisa Marie shared an essay she wrote about 'navigating grief' with People prior to her death in 2023.
She wrote: "This is not a comfortable subject for anyone, and it is most unpopular to talk about. This is quite long, potentially triggering and very hard to confront. But if we're going make any progress on the subject, grief has to get talked about. I'm sharing my thoughts in the hopes that somehow, we can change that.
"I already battle with and beat myself up tirelessly and chronically, blaming myself every single day and that's hard enough to now live with, but others will judge and blame you too, even secretly or behind your back which is even more cruel and painful on top of everything else."
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available through Mental Health America. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. You can also reach Crisis Text Line by texting MHA to 741741.
You can also call 1-800-985-5990 or text “TalkWithUs” to 66746 at the SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline.