Angela Bishop delivers unscripted eulogy for Lisa Marie Presley after her death aged 54
Angela Bishop was forced to give an unscripted eulogy to Lisa Marie Presley on Friday after learning of her death in the middle of 10 News Midday’s presentation.
The 55-year-old TV veteran was about to break the news when reports of Presley’s death broke out in Sydney just after midday.
Bishop then delivered an impromptu, moving eulogy for Elvis’ only child.
“From the moment she was born, she was in the spotlight… She was born exactly nine months to the day after Elvis married her mother, Priscilla,” Angela began.
Angela Bishop (pictured) was forced to give an unscripted eulogy to Lisa Marie Presley on Friday after learning of her death while moderating 10 News Midday
“Today is just devastating news, Lisa Marie has passed away at the age of just 54 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Very sad news today,” she added.
She added that Lisa Marie was instrumental in his lavish 2022 biographical film about her father named Elvis, along with director Baz Luhrmann.
“The Presley family was thrilled with the end result. They came to the Golden Globes, the premiere, they were out there celebrating it,” she said.
The esteemed reporter, 55, was about to break the news when reports of the death of Lisa Marie Presley (pictured) emerged just after midday in Sydney
Lisa Marie died in hospital of a second cardiac arrest.
The 54-year-old only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley was rushed to hospital Thursday morning after she was found collapsed at her home in Calabasas by her housekeeper.
Paramedics who got to her home managed to revive her and she got a pulse again, but she was brain dead on arrival at the hospital, TMZ reported Friday.
Bishop then delivered an impromptu, moving eulogy for Elvis Presley’s only child
The family rushed to her bedside, where she was in an induced coma and on life support.
When they learned she was already brain dead, they signed a do not resuscitate order before her second cardiac arrest.
Her mother Priscilla, 77, was at her bedside when she died.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share the devastating news that our beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla said in a statement Thursday night.
“Today is just devastating news, Lisa Marie has passed away at the age of just 54 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Very sad news today,” she told co-host Narelda Jacobs
Lisa Marie’s last public appearance was at the Golden Globe ceremony in California on January 10, two days before her death. Pictured: Lisa Marie with Elvis actor Austin Butler (right)