Lisa Marie Presley hospitalized, mother Priscilla says


Los Angeles (AP) — Lisa Marie Presley The singer — the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer herself — was hospitalized on Thursday, her mother said in a statement.

“My beloved daughter Lisa Marie was rushed to the emergency room. We feel prayers from around the world and ask for privacy during this time. ”

Los Angeles County paramedics were dispatched to a Calabasas home at 10:37 a.m. after receiving a report of a woman in complete cardiac arrest, according to county fire department spokesperson Craig Little. Property records show Presley as a resident at that address.

Paramedics arrived about six minutes later, Little said. Paramedics performed CPR and immediately took her to the hospital after “confirming her patient had signs of life,” according to a subsequent statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. .

Her condition was not immediately clear.

The city of Calabasas is located approximately 50 kilometers northwest of downtown Los Angeles, between the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Santa Susanna Mountains.

News of Presley’s hospitalization TMZ and later confirmed people magazine.

Presley, 54, attended the golden globe On Tuesday, on hand to celebrate Austin Butler’s award He plays the father in “Elvis.” She called his performance “amazing” during an “Entertainment Tonight” red carpet interview.

“After watching it, I really didn’t know what to do with myself,” she said. told ET about the Baz Luhrmann movie. “It was so incredibly to-the-point and so genuine that I couldn’t even explain what it meant, so it took me like five days to process it.”

A few days earlier, she was at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee (the mansion where Elvis lived) on January 8th to celebrate her father’s birthday.

A representative for Lisa Marie Presley had no comment when contacted by the Associated Press.

Presley recently wrote an essay published in People about the “horrifying reality” of the grief that followed her. son Benjamin Keough Suicide in 2020.

“I’ve dealt with death, grief and loss since I was nine years old. I’ve shared it more fairly than anyone else in my life, but somehow I’ve come this far,” she said. I am writing in August.

Presley is also the mother of twin daughters with actor Riley Keough. A representative for Keogh did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Hall reported from Nashville. His AP researcher Randy Herschaft in New York contributed to this report.