The cause of Lisa Maria Presley’s death was confirmed by the LA County Coroner, who acts as the IML in Los Angeles. The document revealed this Thursday (13/7), six months after the death of Elvis Presley’s daughter, states that she died of a small bowel obstruction. According to the autopsy, the health issues that led to Lisa Marie’s death were complicated by adhesions that developed after bariatric surgery.
The events of the fateful day
The artist was found unconscious at her home in the city of Calabasas, California on January 12, after suffering cardiac arrest. The team of paramedics who responded to her call managed to revive her thanks to the first aid provided by her ex-husband, Danny Keough, and rushed her to the hospital with her wrist already healed.
Due to the seriousness of the clinical conditions, the doctors chose to put Lisa Presley in a medically induced coma, with a temporary pacemaker and assisted respiration machines. However, shortly thereafter, Lisa Marie Presley suffered a second cardiac arrest and died. At the time, her mother, Priscilla Presley, issued a press release announcing the death of her daughter.
use of drugs
In addition to intestinal obstruction problems, the autopsy revealed the presence in his system of “therapeutic” levels of oxycodone and buprenorphine, two opioids, as well as traces of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine. However, the report noted that these drugs did not contribute to the artist’s death. Lisa Marie, who was also taking weight-loss medication, had admitted in 2019 that she had a history of substance abuse. She struggled with opioid and painkiller addictions, a battle that intensified after the birth of her twin daughters in 2008. However, her addiction worsened in 2013, forcing her to check into rehab five times.
The singer was struggling with grief over the loss of her son, Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide in 2020. Shortly before his death, Lisa Marie attended the Golden Globes to support director Baz Luhrmann’s film ‘Elvis’, about her late father . The artist was accompanied by her mother to the event.
career and marriages
Following in her famous father’s footsteps, Lisa Marie’s professional career has focused on music. She has released three albums, “To Whom It May Concern” in 2003, “Now What” in 2005 and “Storm & Grace” in 2012. Only the first one went gold.
She was married four times, including to celebrities such as singer Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage, and was the mother of four children, including actress Riley Keough (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), who is in charge of the estate. and, by extension, that of Elvis Presley.
Source: Terra
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