Lisa Marie Presley’s son Benjamin Keough dead at 27 by apparent suicide
Lisa Marie Presley says she’s “completely heartbroken” by her son Benjamin Keough’s death aged 27 from an apparent suicide.
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Lisa Marie Presley’s son Benjamin Keough has died aged 27 of an apparent suicide.
TMZ reports that the son of Lisa and musician Danny Keough died on Sunday in Calabasas, Los Angeles.
And in a statement provided to EW today, a representative for Lisa Marie said she was “beyond devastated” over her only son’s 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,” the statement read. “She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”
Benjamin was a relatively little-known member of a very famous family, with musician mother Lisa Marie, musician father Danny, and his older sister, actress Riley Keough.
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He was also the grandson of Elvis Presley - and shared a strong family likeness to his late grandfather, something his mother herself once acknowledged in an interview: “Ben does look so much like Elvis. He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage. Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there. Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny,” she said.
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TMZ reports that Benjamin had wanted to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps, signing a record deal worth $US5 million back in 2009.
Benjamim’s death is a tragic blow for the Presley family, who have endured very public struggles in recent years. In 2018 Lisa Marie claimed her former business manager squandered her entire share of late father Elvis’ $US100 million ($135 million) fortune, whittling it down to just $US14,000 ($19,000). Last year Benjamin’s grandmother Priscilla Presley was forced to sell her Los Angeles mansion to help out her daughter with her mounting debts.
“Priscilla would never have done this if she didn’t believe it was her daughter’s last chance,” a source told Radar of the $US5.5 million sale at the time.
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The most recent photo of Benjamin on his mother’s Instagram account was posted in June of last year: It shows Lisa Marie with her two older children, Benjamin and Riley, alongside her younger twin daughters from her fourth marriage, to guitarist Michael Lockwood.
“Mama lion with cubs,” she captioned the sweet family pic.
Originally published as Lisa Marie Presley’s son Benjamin Keough dead at 27 by apparent suicide