Lisa Marie Presley, only daughter of American rock legend Elvis Presley, died Thursday January 12 at the age of 54 in a hospital near Los Angeles, California where she had been transported following a cardiac arrest, several local media reported.

Her mother, Priscilla Presley, said she "shares with heavy hearts the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us."

According to TMZ, Lisa Marie Presley suffered a cardiac arrest while she was at her home in Calabasas, a suburb of Los Angeles.

She had started a musical career in 2003 with the album "To Whom It May Concern".

His third and final opus, "Storm and Grace", was released in 2012.

Married four times, including one in 1994 with pop icon Michael Jackson – a marriage that ended in 1996 amid accusations of child abuse against Jackson – she had four children.

One of them, Benjamin Keough, died in 2020 when he was 27.

Lisa Marie Presley was the owner of the Graceland mansion in Memphis, inherited from her father Elvis, who died there in 1977.

With Reuters

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