Lisa Marie Presley left behind a big family when she died on January 12th 2023, following a cardiac arrest at her LA home.The 54-year-old singer, who was Elvis' only child, had been married four times to Danny Keough, Michael Jackson, Nicolas Cage and Michael Lockwood. In her first and final marriages, Presley welcomed four kids. Her only son, Benjamin, died by suicide in July 2020, actress Riley Keough and her twin daughters Harper and Finley.“That’s part of the problem with my love life,” Lisa Marie once said about her marriages. “I’m looking for someone similar to [my father], and nobody could ever compare.”Born in 1968 to Elvis and Priscilla Presley, she came into her own during the turbulent ’80s when she pursued a career in music. The daughter of The King is as known for her rocky relationships and personal life as she is for her musical career and philanthropy. Who were her four husbands and what happened to
8 Lisa Marie Presley And Danny Keough's Marriage, 1988
In 1988, Lisa Marie Presley married Chicago-born musician Danny Keough, who once was part of her backing band. The two married at the Celebrity Center International of the Church of Scientology in West Hollywood, with only nine people witnessing them exchanging vows.
Their daughter, Riley Keough, who was only six years old when her parents divorced. “I grew up very privileged with my mother, but my dad didn’t live like that. And I think experiencing both sides has been helpful. My father had mattresses on the floor of his apartments. He lived in cabins and trailer parks. He just didn’t have much money.”
Riley revealed that she remembers her dad being “so colorful and eccentric and fun. It was a good vibe, you know? When I was like eight, I told him, ‘I want to grow up and be poor like you!’ He was eating a bowl of cereal. I didn’t realize how wildly offensive that was!”
The two were married until 1994. They had two children: a daughter, Danielle Riley Keough, and a son, Benjamin Storm Keough.
7 Danny Keough And Lisa Marie Presley Remained Friends
Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough remained close over the years.
“He’s my absolute best friend in the world," she told Rolling Stone in 2003. The smartest thing I’ve ever done is have children with this man because I knew this is the one man I could be connected to for the rest of my life.”
Until her death, she lived with her ex-Danny, following the tragic death of their son Ben in 2020. It was reported Keough was on the scene giving her CPR after he found her unresponsive, just a day before her death.
6 Lisa Marie Presley Married Michael Jackson In 1994
In 1994, just twenty days after finalizing her divorce from Danny Keough, Lisa Marie Presley married Michael Jackson. Their relationship was dogged with rumors that it was a fake relationship, as well as accusations of Jackson molesting minors.
Lisa Marie first met Michael Jackson when her father introduced her to the Jackson 5. The relationship started in 1992, around the time allegations against Jackson started to came into light.
“I believed he didn’t do anything wrong, and that he was wrongly accused and, yes, I started falling for him. I wanted to save him. I felt that I could do it,” she revealed.
Despite their fondness, Lisa Marie filed for a divorce in 1996. During a later interview with Oprah Winfrey, she said that she was especially angry with Jackson after their marriage ended. She believed that Jackson chose fame and drugs above their marriage. “We were so united, and then, at some point, he pushed me out.”
5 Lisa Marie Presely Almost Reconciled With Michael Jackson
Despite Lisa Marie Presley filing for divorce from 1996, citing irreconcilable differences, she revealed that they had considered reconciling for years after their marriage ended.
In what would be their last conversation in 2005, Michael Jackson asked Presley if she still loved him. Presley admitted to Oprah Winfrey years later that she had shut herself out from having any emotion toward the singer and told Jackson she felt indifferent.
Upon his death, aged just 50, she said, "The person I failed to help is being transferred right now to the L.A. County Coroners office for his Autopsy. All of my indifference and detachment that I worked so hard to achieve over the years has just gone into the bowels of hell and right now I am gutted."
"After the divorce, I spent a few years obsessing about him and what I could have done different, in regret," she added. "Then I spent some angry years at the whole situation. At some point, I truly became Indifferent, until now."
4 Lisa Marie Presley Wed Nicolas Cage In 2002 For 107 Days
Lisa Marie Presley was engaged to singer John Oszajca, until she met actor Nicolas Cage and the sparks flew between the famous pair at Johnny Ramone's birthday party.
Cage and Presley were married for just 107 days before she filed for divorce. Speaking to Larry King in 2003, Lisa Marie reflected on her relationship with the star, saying, “It looked attractive like I could be equal. Similar situations, similar backgrounds.” They split in 2002 briefly, by eventually wed on the 25th anniversary of Elvis' death in a private ceremony in Hawaii.
“So we connected, we had a great connection. We were both a bit – we’re sort of these gypsy spirited, you know, tyrannical pirates. And one pirate marries another they will sink the ship basically is what it comes down to.”
He explained about their attraction, "She was born with the pressure of an extremely famous name from day one; I was a young actor in Hollywood with the name Coppola trying to make it with those pressures. There was a logic to it, there was a sense to it." After their divorce, Nic bemoaned the couple's decisions up to that point.
3 Why Did Lisa Marie Presley Split With Nicolas Cage?
Lisa Marie Presley told Larry King, “It was kind of one of those things where you marry someone hoping… to either stabilize [my life] or it’s going to, you know, accentuate all that was going on prior to what was problematic. So it kind of did the latter, that’s all.”
They had always had a tumultuous relationship, at one point during their engagement, while enjoying a boat ride, Lisa Marie's $65,000 six-carat yellow diamond engagement ring was thrown into the ocean during an argument. Divers were hired to recover the gem, but it was never found.
Nicolas Cage told Barbara Walters, "Oftentimes when you have two people who are very strong and their own personalities and rather intense, sometimes you can have a hard time meshing."
"It's sad, and I miss her every day. And sometimes I wish we couldn't have rushed the marriage, and sometimes I regret rushing the divorce, but it just seemed like it wasn't going to change," he added.
Presley was unimpressed with this statement. "You can't have a temper tantrum and then call me four days later and expect, you know, everything to be fine again … so, it was like that … We were both like two 12-year-olds in a sandbox, basically."
2 Lisa Marie Presley Married Guitarist Michael Lockwood In 2006
Lisa Marie Presley’s fourth marriage was to guitarist and music producer Michael Lockwood in 2006. The pair wed in a traditional Japanese ceremony in Kyoto, Japan. Her ex-husband, Danny Keough, served as the best man at their 2006 wedding.
They had twin daughters together in 2008; Finley Aaron Love and Harper Vivienne Ann. Lisa Marie filed for divorce in 2016, citing irreconcilable differences.
1 Lisa Marie Presley's Bitter Divorce With Michael Lockwood
Despite splitting in 2016, Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lookwood's divorce was not finalized until 2021.
In 2017, not long after the couple announced their separation, Presley made claims that she had found indecent images and videos of children on Lockwood's computer. All these allegations were investigated, and no charges were ever brought.
The couple's legal battles were only settled last October when they came to a deal on the longstanding issues relating to child support payments. Lockwood had been demanding payments from Lisa Marie. Their prenuptial agreement had prevented Lockwood from claiming any financial support from his former wife.
The guitarist claimed that his ex-wife's financial situation was better than first reported, thanks to money raised by her father's estate and through the financial success of the Baz Lurhmann movie, Elvis.
Although the final settlement was not made public. Lockwood asked Lisa Marie for $40,000 per month during a previous hearing.
Days after the pair came to an agreement, Lockwood married Beauty Beach Lounge hairstylist Stephanie Hobgood.
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