She told how a caring funeral home owner supported her decision to keep her son at home and allowed her to spend time with him.
Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir reveals how she coped with the tragic death of her son Benjamin Keough in 2020.
in From here to the great unknown, She said that after Benjamin died by suicide at age 27, she kept his body on dry ice in her Los Angeles home for two months.
She writes: “I had a separate casitas bedroom in my house, and I kept Ben there for two months. There is no law in California that requires him to be buried immediately,” NBC News reported.
She told how a caring funeral home owner supported her decision to keep her son at home and allowed her to spend time with him.
“I told her that it would be so helpful to have Ben at home after he passed away so we could spend time together and talk,” she wrote. The owner of the funeral home said, “You can stay there,'' and agreed to bring Benjamin.
She acknowledged that this would probably scare most people, saying: But I'm different. ”
Tattoo tribute: Lisa Marie and Riley honor Benjamin
Lisa Marie, who died in January 2023, left behind several hours of recordings, which her 35-year-old daughter Riley Keogh adapted into a literary work published on Tuesday, Mail Online reported.
According to Sky News, the memoir tells the story of the very moment Lisa Marie Presley and her daughter decided to get the same tattoo as Benjamin's body, which was lying in a cold room nearby. It was reported that he was talking about an emotional moment.
Keogh writes: “Lisa Marie had just asked this poor man to look at her son's body, which was right next to us in the casita. I've been through a lot of surreal moments, but this… Ranked in the top five.”
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Discover Elvis' last moments
Lisa Marie has shared the heartbreaking memory of discovering her late father Elvis Presley in 1977.
In her book, Lisa Marie describes her realization that she would be left alone with her mother, Priscilla Presley.
Elvis died of a heart attack on August 16, 1977, at his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee, when Lisa Marie was just nine years old.
Elvis Presley's body lay in an open casket at Graceland for two days. After the crowd left, Lisa Marie Presley quietly returned and “spoke to him, touching his face and holding his hand.”
“Even as an adult, there are nights when I get drunk and listen to his music and cry. The sadness is still there. It never really goes away,” Lisa Maria said.
Ms Keogh believes her mother never fully accepted the loss.
In an interview with the BBC, she said that as a child she felt angry at her famous grandfather. Even though many years had passed since his death, she couldn't help but associate his music with her mother's pain.
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