Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir will hit shelves later this year, thanks to her daughter Riley Keough.
Almost exactly a year after Presley's unexpected death, Random House revealed Thursday that the singer was writing a memoir about her complicated and high-profile life as the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. In a statement shared with The Times, Random House said Presley asked her daughter to help her finish the book before she died.
Presley died on January 12, 2023, at age 54, after suffering a cardiac episode at his home in Calabasas. The Los Angeles County medical examiner determined in July that Presley died from complications of a small intestine obstruction, which was related to prior bariatric surgery.
Keough, star of “Daisy Jones & the Six” and “Mad Max: Fury Road,” initially postponed collaborating on the book, but picked up where her mother left off after Presley’s death.
“Riley carried the guilt that the world would never know the loving, joyful, caring woman she knew and mourned,” the statement said.
To complete the memoir, Keough listened to hours of Presley recordings, which addressed her father's love, her complex mother-daughter relationship with Priscilla, her highly publicized romantic relationships, and the 2020 death of her son Benjamin Keough.
Described as the “most intimate look at the Presley family to date,” the currently untitled memoir will be released on October 15.
Lisa Marie Presley, left, Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough sign their names in cement during a 2022 hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
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“I was lucky to have had that opportunity, and working on preparing his autobiography for publication has been a privilege, albeit bittersweet,” Keough said in Thursday's announcement. “I'm so excited to share my mom now, at her most vulnerable and honest, and in doing so, I hope readers come to love my mom as much as I do.”
In recent years, the Presley family has been at the center of numerous entertainment projects, including Baz Luhrmann's “Elvis” in 2022 and Sofia Coppola's “Priscilla” last year. Before the latter debuted at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, Priscilla spoke about one of the last moments she shared with her daughter.
The “Dallas” and “The Naked Gun” star told the Hollywood Reporter in August that she knew “something wasn't right” with her daughter's health and that Lisa Marie complained of stomach pain after sharing laughs during a party in Hollywood.
“I cant believe it yet. “I wouldn't wish this on any mother,” added the Presley matriarch.
After Lisa Marie's sudden death, Priscilla and Keough engaged in a tense legal battle over her estate. Priscilla and her granddaughter reached a settlement in May, making Keough the sole administrator of Lisa Marie's estate and, by extension, part of Elvis' estate.
“Riley and I get along well,” Priscilla said. “We were never on good terms. “All that was publicity.”
