Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley and Riley Keough attend the handprint ceremony honoring three generations of Presleys on June 21, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo: FilmMagic)
Riley Keough is “grateful” to have a photo of the last time she saw her mother, Lisa Marie Presley. In the snap, which appears to have been taken four days before the singer’s shocking death, Keough and Lisa Marie shared a quiet moment together at a party for Elvis Presley’s 88th birthday.
“I feel blessed to have a photo of the last time I saw my beautiful mom,” Keough wrote Tuesday, thanking actress Georgie Flores for the photo.
The photo is apparently from the Jan. 8 party at Graceland, which not only honored Elvis’ birthday, but also Elvis director Baz Luhrmann and star Austin Butler before the Golden Globes. Lisa Marie’s final public appearance came two days later when she attended the awards ceremony with her mother, Priscilla Presley.
On January 12, Lisa Marie – Elvis’ only child – died after suffering a cardiac arrest. The coroner has yet to make an official decision about the cause of death. She was buried and honored at a public funeral service on Sunday. Keough and her husband, Ben Smith-Petersen, attended the funeral at Graceland. Smith-Petersen, a stuntman who married the actress in 2015, gave a speech on behalf of his wife.
“I am infinitely grateful to have spent 33 years with you. I am sure that I have chosen the best mother in this world for me. … I remember you bathed me when I was a baby. I remember how you cuddled me… and how you smelled,” Smith-Petersen read. He also shared for the first time publicly that Lisa Marie became a grandmother before her death.
“I hope I can love my daughter as you loved me, as you loved my brother and sisters,” Smith-Petersen read aloud. “Thank you for giving me strength, my heart, my empathy, my courage, my sense of humor, my manners, my temper, my ferocity, my tenacity. I am a product of your heart, my sisters are a product of your heart, my brother is a product of your heart.”
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A rep for the actress confirmed to Yahoo Entertainment that Keough and Smith-Petersen welcomed a daughter in 2022, but no other details — like the little girl’s name — were revealed.
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