Lisa Marie Presley was only 4 days old when she made her flashy introduction to the world, cradled in the pink-clad arms of her mom, Priscilla Presley, as her dad, rock and roll legend Elvis Presley, pushed them in a wheelchair while leaving a Memphis hospital. Outside, throngs of fans clamored for a glimpse of Elvis's daughter, the closest thing to American royalty.
From that point on, the public interest in Lisa Marie's life-from her triumphs to her private struggles-never faded until her death at age 54 in 2023, from a small-bowel obstruction that developed after she'd undergone bariatric surgery several years prior.
But now, for the first time, her story is being told in her own words. After Lisa Marie's death the star's daughter, actress Riley Keough, finished the memoir she'd promised her mom that she would help write.
As she wrestled with her grief, Riley listened to tapes of memories her mother had recorded. The result was From Here to the Great Unknown, out Oct. 8.
"Because my mother was Elvis Presley's daughter, she was constantly talked about, argued over and dissected," Riley, 35, tells People in an email interview. "What she wanted to do in her memoir, and what I hope I've done in finishing it for her, is to go beneath the magazine headline idea of her and reveal the core of who she was.
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