Lisa Marie was just 9 years old when she saw the dead body of her father Elvis Presley on the night of August 16, 1977. The memory would have a lasting effect on the girl, who recalls the last time she saw The King alive was when he kissed her goodnight at their Graceland home.
Later, when she went to see her father, Lisa Marie stumbled on Elvis' corpse — being attended to by galpal Ginger Alden — lying facedown on the red shag carpet next to the toilet in his bathroom. This story is from the August 6, 2018 edition of Globe.
Did Ginger Alden Attend Elvis' Funeral? Yes. As his fiancée at the time, it is believed that Ginger Alden was present for Elvis' funeral. Following the funeral, however, she was reportedly banned from Graceland by Presley's family and had to receive permission to visit his grave.
8., Lisa Marie said she was "overwhelmed" by the Elvis movie, for which Butler won a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Drama). "I just want to thank you for coming," Lisa Marie said alongside Butler, daughter Riley Keogh and the film's director, Baz Luhrmann.
'My heart is completely shattered for Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla at the tragic and unexpected loss of Lisa Marie,' Butler said. 'I am eternally grateful for the time I was lucky enough to be near her bright light and will forever cherish the quiet moments we shared.
But not everything in the film is entirely true to life. Having to compile four decades of life into a two-hour and 39-minute run time made for many details of Presley's career to blur together, while some were fictionalized entirely for the sake of entertainment.
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Elvis and Priscilla shared custody of their daughter from 1972. 'He'd send his jet, the Lisa Marie, to take her from LA to Utah, so she could play in the snow,' wrote Burn. 'Lisa Marie was so used to seeing people jump at her father's command, that she took years to overcome this habit,' recalled Priscilla.
Lisa Marie became the the sole owner of the mansion when the trust holding her inheritance dissolved on her 25th birthday in 1993. Graceland has become a popular tourist attraction over the years, with public tours on offer as well as sprawling museum exhibits.
After Presley's death, his uncle Vester explained to the press that the family was “not interested in her” because “she took advantage of Elvis' name”. He even went as far as to say: “Ginger Alden is dead now as far as the family is concerned. We don't even recognise her as a human being.”
Presley fell in love with Ginger Alden when the actress was 21 and he was in his early 40s. She too was a former beauty queen. They got engaged and lived together in Graceland.
Elvis Presley's last love is paying her respects to his daughter Lisa Marie Presley. Ginger Alden, Presley's former fiancée and final companion who found him dead in his bathroom in 1977, penned a tribute to the King of Rock and Roll's daughter, whom she had known for a short time before Elvis' untimely death.
The upstairs rooms could be accessed by Elvis' personal invitation only. Linda Thompson, another ex, lived with Elvis from 1972 to 1976 and remembers that his bedroom was “black, red and gold. … And no — the windows were ever opened,” she shares.
It's not just the fabled upstairs of Graceland that is off limits to everyone. Lisa Marie is one of only two people, with her mother Priscilla, who can access Elvis' bedroom whenever she wishes. But there is another room hidden somewhere in the grounds of Graceland that houses something incredibly special.
That estate is now valued at approximately $1 billion, but the Presley family has little control over the operation. The sudden death of Lisa Marie Presley means that her three daughters will become the new owners of their grandfather's historic estate, Graceland.
As a result, Lisa Marie does not own the artist's royalties on sales of recordings made before March 1973, however the Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) does own his artist's royalties on sales of recordings made after that date, which still earns them a hefty sum.
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Among those who spoke during the service were Lisa Marie's mother, actor Priscilla Presley; Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York; Jerry Schilling, a close friend of Elvis; and former Memphis Mayor A C Wharton, who called Lisa Marie's parents Memphis' royal couple and a "conduit to the throne, the keeper of the flame."
Despite taking 50 per cent of all the profits from Elvis' career, Parker was no less gullible than the 'rubes' whom he delighted in exploiting in his carnival days. The Colonel himself ended up being the greatest sucker of them all, giving back almost his entire fortune to the Hilton croupiers.
When Col. Parker picks it up off the table, it reads "Elvis Presley remains in residence." When he drops it backstage, it reads "as long as Elvis Presley remains in residence." The words "as long as" weren't there the first time.
He did sing (“Unchained Melody”) in its entirety because there was a question mark towards the end as to whether we were going to get the real footage of Elvis and if we would be allowed to use it. ... Thankfully that famous footage came through and we were able to use it, and that's the real Elvis.