Followers of the king of rock n’ roll have descended on his Memphis mansion over the weekend to say goodbye to his daughter.
Hundreds are anticipated to attend Lisa Marie Presley’s public funeral on Sunday, with followers lining up exterior her father’s famed Graceland property as early as 5am.
She will probably be buried on the Memphis property on Sunday subsequent to her father, Elvis, and her son Benjamin, who died by suicide aged 27 in July 2020.
Presley’s physique will probably be on show to the general public in the course of the celebration of life on the household’s Graceland property, which will probably be livestreamed at 9am central time.
It should embrace performances by Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose, with Duchess Sarah Ferguson offering a Tribute to the Kids, and each Priscilla and Riley will present eulogies.
A procession is deliberate for followers to view her gravestone, the place they may go away flowers or different choices, in line with the New York Occasions.
Amongst those that will probably be in attendance, sitting proper within the entrance, are Lisa Marie’s daughter, actress Riley Keough, and her mom, Priscilla Presley.
Superstar couple Austin Butler, who performed Elvis in a latest biopic, and Kaia Gerber are seen arriving on the memorial service on Sunday
Hundreds of mourners have descended on Graceland Sunday morning for Lisa Marie Presley’s funeral
A fan gathers exterior Graceland on Sunday to pay her respects to the princess of rock n’ roll
Lisa Marie Presley’s resting place has been unveiled at Graceland forward of her funeral as her household prepares to put her to relaxation subsequent to her son and her well-known father
Lisa Marie Presley suffered a cardiac arrest at her Calabasas dwelling, and died at a hospital in Los Angeles on January 12.
Her mom Priscilla, 77, was by her facet and the household, on being instructed she was mind useless, made the choice to signal a Do Not Resuscitate order.
The LA County Coroner introduced on Tuesday that it could be deferring the outcomes of her official reason for demise pending the outcomes of a toxicology take a look at – which might take years.
Lisa Marie’s grey marble sarcophagus is now sitting subsequent to her burial spot and is the very same as her son’s. Photographs of the pair collectively have been positioned in entrance of their monuments.
Benjamin’s resting place needed to be moved barely to accommodate his mom’s.
The plaque that may cowl the gravesite is at present lined with a tarp for cover because the followers start to take their seats for the service.
Graceland’s 450-room lodge is now sold-out for the occasion, Kevin Kane, the chief government of Memphis Tourism instructed the Occasions, and lodges close to the museum and Beale Avenue ‘seeing an uptick in final minute reservations for the weekend.’
A stage has been constructed for the general public service on the entrance garden with a podium. A whole bunch of seats have been set out round it and screens have been put up across the burial web site.
The memorial service will happen on the Graceland property in Memphis, the place a 450-room lodge has bought out
A schedule of occasions for the general public memorial service reveals there will probably be performances by Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose, with eulogies from mom Priscilla and daughter, Riley
Followers stood behind a blue rope with their telephones out awaiting the ceremony on Sunday
Followers began lining up at 5am for the memorial service on Sunday
Lisa Marie will probably be laid to relaxation subsequent to Benjamin, who took his personal life in 2020
Photographs of the 2 of them collectively have been laid by their resting locations
The pair’s plots are throughout from her well-known father Elvis
Riley Keough landed in Memphis for the occasion Saturday night time.
Keough, 33, arrived in a non-public jet shortly after her grandmother Priscilla Presley and her former stepfather Michael Lockwood landed.
Lisa Marie Presley, 54, was final seen in public on January 10 (above) on the Golden Globes
Lockwood was Lisa Marie’s fourth and closing husband, and the daddy of her 14-year-old twin daughters Harper and Finley.
Keough’s father is Lisa Marie’s first husband, actor Danny Keough, who remained near the troubled star and was residing together with her on the time of her demise, performing CPR till paramedics arrived.
She was accompanied by her husband, Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Peterson.
Dressed down in sweatpants, together with her hair unfastened, Keough lit a cigarette exterior the airport.
She additionally gave the impression to be carrying a child, though she herself doesn’t have kids.
It was the primary time she had been seen since her mom’s sudden demise.
Keough had earlier posted a touching tribute submit on Instagram for her mom – the primary time she’s acknowledged her demise.
She posted a photograph of her mom trying adoringly down at her as a small little one whereas she gazed again with a smooth smile on her face.
Presley’s oldest little one merely captioned the heartbreaking submit with a crimson coronary heart.
An airplane parked at Graceland bears Lisa Marie Presley’s identify
Followers on the memorial service have been handed a booklet that includes an image of the late singer-songwriter
Followers carried flowers as they stood behind a roped-off part at Graceland
Two Elvis Presley followers held up their copies of this system for the memorial service
A tent was pitched for household and buddies, with a stage for speeches and performances
Keen followers waited exterior of safety within the early Sunday hours
Followers waited exterior in Memphis with their telephones on the prepared for the memorial to start
The scene exterior the Graceland gates in Memphis Sunday morning
Followers are pictured visiting Graceland forward of the memorial service Sunday
A number of followers of the king of rock n’ roll left flowers on rocks exterior the property
Presley grew up fearing her personal mortality after she discovered her father useless on the age of 9, traumatizing her.
She usually spoke of her personal demise and even referred to the yard on the Graceland property as a ‘graveyard.’
‘How many individuals have a household grave within the yard? How many individuals are reminded of their destiny, of their mortality, each f**king day? All of the graves are lined up and there is a spot there, ready for me, proper subsequent to my grandmother,’ she instructed Playboy in 2003.
Regardless of her concern, the singer believed she had many extra years to dwell.
Final Sunday she instructed her good friend David Kessler, who works as a grief counselor, that she had ‘a lot to do.’
The pair have been on the Graceland property to rejoice what would have been Elvis’ 88th birthday.
Presley, who not often made public appearances since her son’s demise, instructed the adoring crowd: ‘You’re the solely individuals who can carry me out of the home.’
She added: ‘I am not kidding. I like you again and that is why I am right here.’
Presley’s daughter, actress Riley Keough, is pictured arriving at Graceland on Saturday
She arrived shortly after her grandmother, Priscilla, proper, received off the plan with some buddies
Keough, left, and Priscilla, proper, are seen deplaning. Keough was carrying an unknown child
Again on August 30, Lisa revealed she makes a acutely aware selection each single day to remain alive for her 33-year-old daughter and 14-year-old fraternal twin daughters Harper Vivienne Ann and Finley Aaron Love (pictured in 2021)
Lisa Marie is seen together with her 4 kids: twins Harper and Finley, now 14; Riley, 33; and Benjamin, who killed himself in July 2020 aged 27
A number of of the Presleys additionally died from coronary heart situations, together with her personal father, who died in 1977 on the age of 42 from cardiac arrhythmia with ventricular fibrillation – a situation the place the guts beats abnormally after which stops.
Her grandmother, Gladys Love Presley, died on the age of 46 from coronary heart failure, and her grandfather, Vernon Elvis Presley, died at 63 from cardiac arrest.
In lieu of flowers, the Presley household is asking mourners to donate to the Elvis Presley Charitable Basis, serving to underprivileged kids in Memphis.