WEST HILLS, Calif. (AP) 鈥 Lisa Marie Presley 鈥 the only child of Elvis Presley 鈥 died Thursday after being hospitalized earlier that day, her mother said in a statement. The singer was 54.
鈥淚t is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us," Priscilla Presley said in a statement Thursday evening. "She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known."
The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that Lisa Marie Presley was rushed to the hospital earlier Thursday.
Los Angeles County paramedics were dispatched to a Calabasas home at 10:37 a.m. following a report of a woman in full cardiac arrest, according to Craig Little, a spokesperson for the county鈥檚 fire department. Property records indicate Presley was a resident at that address.
Paramedics arrived about six minutes later, Little said. A subsequent statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff鈥檚 Department said paramedics performed CPR and 鈥渄etermined the patient had signs of life鈥 before taking her to a hospital in nearby West Hills immediately.
The city of Calabasas is nestled between the foothills of the Santa Monica and the Santa Susanna Mountains, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
News of Presley's hospitalization was first reported by and later confirmed by magazine.
Presley, 54, on Tuesday, on hand to celebrate Austin Butler鈥檚 award for She called his performance 鈥渕ind-blowing鈥 during a red carpet interview with 鈥淓ntertainment Tonight.鈥
鈥淚 really didn鈥檛 know what to do with myself after I saw it,鈥 she 鈥淚 had to take, like, five days to process it because it was so incredible and so spot on and just so authentic that, yeah, I can鈥檛 even describe what it meant.鈥
Just days before that, she was in Memphis, Tennessee, at Graceland 鈥 the mansion where Elvis lived 鈥 to celebrate her father鈥檚 birth anniversary on Jan. 8.
Kristen Sainato and her husband were visiting Memphis from Cleveland when she heard the news of Presley鈥檚 death on Thursday. She wore a black jacket with the well-known TCB lightning bolt (shorthand for (taking care of business in a flash) on the back as she described meeting Presley at a celebration of her father鈥檚 birthday on Jan. 8 at Graceland. Sainato set down a bouquet of flowers at the front gate of Graceland.
鈥淭hose are for Lisa,鈥 she said.
She said Lisa Marie Presley was one of the last connections to her famous father.
鈥淓veryone is shocked over this. Why? Why did this have to happen?鈥 Sainato said, wiping tears from her eyes as she stood in front of the stone wall that borders the home-turned museum. 鈥淪he deserved a long, happy life.鈥
Presley had recently penned an essay published in People about 鈥渢he horrific reality鈥 of her grief following her death by suicide in 2020. Presley is also the mother of actor Riley Keough and twin daughters.
鈥淚鈥檝e dealt with death, grief and loss since the age of 9 years old. I鈥檝e had more than anyone鈥檚 fair share of it in my lifetime and somehow, I鈥檝e made it this far,鈥 she wrote in August.
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Dazio reported from Los Angeles. AP researcher Randy Herschaft in New York and journalists Kristin M. Hall in Nashville, Tennessee, and Adrian Sainz in Memphis contributed to this report.
