Lisa Marie Presley had four children in her lifetime, as well as being married to four men. One of her children, Benjamin, died after taking his own life in July. This has been a real trial for the family, who have stepped away from the spotlight during this time.
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Lisa Marie Presley has four children, meaning The King would be a grandfather of four if he was alive today.
Her children are fairly split in age, as the singer had kids with her first and fourth husbands, leaving a fair gap in the middle.
One of her children has also stepped out of the shadow of her famous family and made it on her own as an actress – young performer Riley Keough.
Lisa Marie’s first husband was Danny Keough, a Chicago-born musician, with whom she had two children, Danielle Riley Keough and Benjamin Storm Keough.
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Riley has appeared in a number of films from director Steven Soderbergh.
Her first film was in 2010 when she played Marie Currie, sister of The Runaways lead singer Cherie Currie.
Following this, she had roles in Soderbergh’s movie Magic Mike, before appearing in Mad Max: Fury Road, American Honey, It Comes at Night and Logan Lucy.
Lisa Marie is still close to her first husband, and he has been a bass player in her band over a number of years.
Just 20 days after their divorce in May 1994, Lisa Marie married singer Michael Jackson, who she had first met in 1975.
But she sought a divorce in January 1996, after she helped him to go to rehabilitation to recover from faltering health and addiction to drugs, as discussed in Randy J Taraborrelli’s book, The Magic and the Madness.
The pair had no children together, though Michael went on to have two children with his second wife, Debbie Rowe, and a third via an anonymous surrogate.
Years following their divorce, Lisa Marie was engaged to singer-songwriter John Oszajca, however she ended up marrying actor Nicolas Cage in August 2002.
The marriage was a short affair and Nicolas filed for divorce just three months later, for it to be finalised in 2004.
Similarly, she and Nicolas had no children together, and she described them as a pair of “tyrannical pirates,” as a way of describing why their relationship did not last.
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Lisa Marie’s final marriage was to Michael Lockwood, her guitarist, with her first husband acting as best man at their wedding in Japan.
Lisa Marie had twin girls with Lockwood, Harper and Finley, but she filed for divorce from Michael in 2016.
Her son, Benjamin, took his own life aged 27 on July 12, 2020.
Benjamin was not a public figure in the way his mother, Lisa Marie Presley, and his sister, actress Riley Keough, are.
However, the 27-year-old was often commented on due to his strong resemblance to his grandfather, Elvis Presley.
Lisa Marie even spoke of this herself in an interview, once saying: “Ben does look so much like Elvis.
“He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage.”
His middle name was Storm, which Lisa Marie alluded to in this comment.
Speaking on Lisa Marie’s behalf, her manager Roger Widynowski said at the time of his death: “She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley.
“She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”
Since then, Priscilla, Benjamin’s grandmother, has spoken out on the tragedy, posting to Facebook: “These are some of the darkest days of my family’s life. The shock of losing Ben has been devastating.
“Trying to put all the pieces together of all the possible whys has penetrated my soul. Each day I wake up I pray it will get better.
“Then, I think of my daughter and the pain she is going through as she was a doting mother. Ben’s father, Danny, who is completely lost, as Ben was his only son.
“Riley [Benjamin’s elder sister], so loving and so close to him; Harper and Finley, who absolutely adored Ben.
“Navarone [Priscilla’s son with Marco Garibaldi], who struggles deeply with loss and death. Rest in Peace Ben, you were loved.”
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