Lisa Marie Presley was solely 9 years outdated when her father died aged 42 in 1977, additionally from a cardiac arrest.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 dying.
Following her dying on January 13, 2022, Elvis’ step-brother, David E. Stanley, revealed to The Solar he was additionally at Graceland on the day of Elvis’ dying, August 16, 1977, and Lisa Marie got here to seek out him.
Stanley stated he was taking part in pool with a good friend when Lisa Marie and her good friend, who was the niece of Elvis’ then-girlfriend Ginger, got here speeding as much as him.
”Daddy is sick… we can not 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 instances earlier than” so he “did not panic.”
”She instructed me individuals had been with him, so I instructed my good friend I would run him residence, 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 in regards to the hours earlier than her father’s dying, revealing Elvis kissed her goodnight and put her to mattress the evening earlier than, however when she awakened, she knew one thing was incorrect.
“I knew one thing was incorrect, as a result of I used to be in my room which was proper subsequent to his toilet,” Lisa Marie beforehand stated in a tv interview.
“So I knew that one thing was very incorrect. All of the commotion and the whole lot. 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’ dying in Los Angeles in March 1977.
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