Lisa Marie Presley‘s celebration of life at Graceland befell in the present day, as her relations, buddies and numerous Elvis Presley followers gathered to honor her.
Priscilla Presley arrived together with her household, together with son Navarone Garibaldi, daughter Riley Keough and Lisa Marie’s ex-husband, Michael Lockwood.
It is unclear if Lisa’s daughters Harper and Finley have been in attendance for the general public service … or if the twins solely attended the personal household memorial that befell earlier than the general public service.
Lisa’s shut pal Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, arrived a couple of minutes earlier than the Presley household.
Austin Butler, who performed Elvis within the new film, arrived with Kaia Gerber. Austin’s sister Ashley Butler is alleged to have joined him to pay respects as nicely.
Lisa’s father Elvis’ solemn tune, “He Touched Me” performed whereas the memorial dwell stream awaited to start, in addition to a touching duet of Lisa and her father singing “The place No One Stands Alone”
The memorial began with a efficiency of “Wonderful Grace,” sung by Jason Clark & the Tennessee Mass Choir.
Producer Joel Weinshanker then gave the opening remarks. He mentioned Lisa Marie left directions on her needs for her memorial, and ask to “Not make it unhappy.”
Throughout a tribute, former Mayor of Memphis A C Wharton listed off quite a lot of the well-known youngsters born of their metropolis, and spoke of Lisa being the one which got here earlier than all of them … calling her a vivid mild and, “the picture of a king.”
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins then carried out his band’s 1998 tune “To Sheila.”
Sarah Ferguson spoke of her friendship with Lisa, with whom she mentioned they every referred to as one another “Sissy.”
Alanis Morissette carried out her 2021 tune “Relaxation” in honor of Lisa.
Expertise supervisor Jerry Schilling spoke of an 18-year-old Lisa telling him, “I have to have a gathering with you. I would like a job, I do know folks don’t assume I’m accountable however I actually am.”
He says they then went to an unique place to have a gathering, “The Hamburger Hamlet.” He and the viewers chuckled.
He continued, “She grew to become my secretary, and each time I might say that she would right me and say “I’m your ASSISTANT,” which made the gang snigger once more.
Priscilla learn an exquisite private poem titled, “The Outdated Soul,” saying “a damaged coronary heart was the doing of her dying, now she’s someplace she all the time belonged, however my coronary heart is lacking her love.”
Riley Keough was listed to talk, however as an alternative, a word she wrote, titled “A Letter to My Mama,” was learn on stage by her husband, Ben Smith Peterson.
Rocker Axl Rose then carried out the Weapons N’ Roses hit tune “November Rain.”
The memorial ended with a message stating donations in Lisa’s reminiscence might be made to the Elvis Presley Charitable Basis.
The late singer’s memorial service went down on the entrance garden of Elvis’ legendary property in Memphis, and, as anticipated … there was a formidable turnout to honor the King of Rock ‘n Roll’s solely youngster.
After the service, there can be a procession to Lisa’s final resting place in Meditation Backyard — an space in Graceland’s yard the place a number of different Presley relations are buried, together with her father and her son, Benjamin … who died by suicide in 2020.
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As we first reported, Elvis and Priscilla’s daughter suffered a cardiac arrest whereas she was at house on Jan. 12. Her housekeeper discovered her unresponsive, and after paramedics resuscitated her, Lisa Marie was transported to a hospital. She died that evening after struggling a second cardiac arrest.
TMZ broke the story … a smaller group gathered this weekend, previous to the general public service. Sources with direct data informed us Lisa’s 3 daughters, her mother Priscilla, and ex-husbands Danny Keough and Michael Lockwood have been going to be collectively to mourn their loss.
We have been informed the ceremony could be extraordinarily personal, and people attending could be requested to signal an NDA to forestall particulars in regards to the service from leaking.
Now, it is the general public’s flip — together with waves of Elvis followers — to say their closing goodbye to Lisa Marie.