Weight Loss Drugs, Addiction and Depression: The Last Days of Lisa Marie Presley

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On January 12, the world was shocked by the news of the death of Elvis Presley’s only daughter, 54-year-old singer Lisa Marie Presley. A couple of days before the tragedy, the star appeared at the Golden Globe, where she came to support the young actor Austin Butler, who played her father in Baz Luhrmann’s biopic Elvis. On the eve it became known that two months before the event, the woman underwent another plastic surgery, and she also lost 20 kilograms, and not on the healthiest diet.

Presley’s entourage said that Lisa Marie was keen to lose weight for the red carpet season. Insiders claim that the singer was taking opioids and drugs to lose weight and reduce appetite. However, the result was far from what she expected. Presley reportedly barely found the strength to appear at the Golden Globes. Lisa Marie looked tired and moved around, leaning on the arm of her friend Jerry Schilling. During a short interview, her speech was slow and slurred. Also on the day of her death, she complained of abdominal pain.

The singer admitted that for many years she took various prohibited substances, and together with alcoholic beverages. Lisa Marie began to actively fight addiction in 2013: she went through rehabilitation in clinics five times. The star claimed that in recent years she has been leading a completely healthy lifestyle. However, her loved ones feared that Presley would return to bad habits after the death of his son in 2020 – Benjamin committed suicide at the age of 27.

Lisa Marie was found unconscious in her own home. The daughter of the great musician was taken to the West Hills Hospital. In the ambulance, she still came to her senses, but later her condition worsened. Doctors had to put the woman into an artificial coma.