Riley Keough Shares How Lisa Marie Presley Sensed Dad Elvis Presley’s Death

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BREAKING NEWS: Riley Keough Shares Heartbreaking Insights Into Lisa Marie Presley’s Final Tribute to Elvis – A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Legacy

For the first time in years, actress Riley Keough is offering a deeply personal window into the lives of her legendary family—Elvis Presley and Lisa Marie Presley. Nearly two years after Lisa Marie’s sudden passing, Riley sat down with Oprah Winfrey for an emotional interview ahead of the release of a long-awaited memoir titled From Here to the Great Unknown. The memoir, completed by Riley using personal recordings and notes left by her mother, reveals haunting memories, including Lisa Marie’s childhood experience on the morning Elvis died.

Lisa Marie, only nine years old at the time, sensed something was wrong. She had told Riley in private conversations that even as a child, she could often tell her father was unwell—sometimes catching glimpses of him in distress, clinging to a bathroom railing or dazed from exhaustion. In her writings, young Lisa Marie even penned heartbreaking letters expressing fears that her father might die. She had a unique, intimate relationship with Elvis—just the two of them living upstairs at Graceland, shielded from the chaos below.

The memoir recounts Lisa Marie’s final goodnight to her father, a moment she felt was different—charged with a quiet sense of foreboding. That moment would be the last time she saw him alive. Elvis passed away of a heart attack in 1977 at just 42 years old.

In a touching preview of the upcoming CBS special, Riley and Oprah explore personal artifacts once belonging to Elvis and Lisa Marie—including Elvis’s Bible, his worn hair comb, and Lisa Marie’s childhood golf cart key. Among the items is Elvis’s beloved “black box,” a travel case that held his most cherished personal effects, untouched since his passing.

Riley also explains the meaning behind the memoir’s title—a reference to the duet “From Here to the Great Unknown,” which Lisa Marie once sang with her father. It’s more than a song title; it’s a symbol of grief, hope, and the eternal journey of those we’ve lost. The special airs October 8th on CBS.

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