Inside Lisa Marie Presley’s ‘relentless grief’ over son Benjamin’s suicide: How Elvis’ daughter confessed to being ‘devastated’ by tragedy and said she ‘blames herself every single day’
Lisa Marie Presley wrote an essay sharing her “relentless grief” at the untimely death of her son Benjamin, just five months before she went into “complete cardiac arrest.”
Elvis Presley’s 54-year-old daughter was taken to a hospital after paramedics were able to restore her pulse, TMZ reported Thursday.
Back in August 2022, Presley penned an essay about her attempts to move away from the death of her son Benjamin to mark National Grief Awareness.
“I can understand why people might want to avoid you when a terrible tragedy has happened. Especially a parent who loses their child because it really is their worst nightmare,” she wrote in her essay, published by People.
“Relenting Grief”: Lisa Marie Presley, who went into cardiac arrest Thursday before being revived by paramedics, wrote an essay back in August 2022 about her overwhelming grief at the suicide of her son Benjamin; seen together in 2012
Benjamin Keough was 27 years old at the time of his death.
In the emotional essay, Presley admitted that she had kept her distance from the parents of other people whose children died by suicide, something that now appeared to haunt her.
“I can remember a few times in my life where I have known parents who have lost their child and although I could be there for them when it happened I avoided them afterwards and never bothered to contacting them because they literally became a representative is my biggest fear,” she wrote.
“I also judged them cautiously and vowed never to do what I believe they have done or neglected to do with their child in their parenting actions and decisions.”
Terrible Fear: In the emotional essay published by People, Presley admitted she had kept her distance from the parents of other people whose children died by suicide, something she seemed to haunt now; seen Tuesday at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills