Priscilla Presley has said losing her only daughter Lisa Marie Presley to cardiac arrest in 2023 was the ‘second saddest’ day of her life after her ex-husband Elvis Presley’s death.
The 80-year-old, who was married to the King of Rock from 1967 until 1973 – four years before he died in 1977 – is promoting her new book Softly, as I Leave You: Live After Elvis.
‘It was the second saddest day of my life, other than losing Elvis,’ Priscilla told People in a recent interview.
‘It took a long time to come to terms with the fact that Lisa was gone.’
Lisa Marie died aged 54 on January 12 2023 after a small bowel obstruction caused a cardiac arrest, which occurred from complications after undergoing weight loss surgery.
Talking about the day Lisa Marie died, Priscilla said: ‘We were there all