Riley Keough reveals how her joy turned into nightmare after losing Benjamin and Lisa Marie Presley

Riley Keough recorded for her mother Lisa Marie Presley's memoir ‘From Here to the Great Unknown’
PUBLISHED OCT 9, 2024
Riley Keough talked about the tragic deaths of her family members (Getty Images)
Riley Keough talked about the tragic deaths of her family members (Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Riley Keough continues to look for answers after the death of her family members. 

The ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ star shared with People, "It went from joy for 25 years of my life to this nightmare in about a year-and-a-half."'

 Musician Lisa Marie Presley poses at the Wonderwall portrait studio during the 2013 CMT Music Awards at Bridgestone Arena on June 5, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.  (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Wonderwall)
Lisa Marie Presley struggled with her drug addictions for long time (Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Wonderwall)

When did Benjamin Keough and Lisa Marie Presley die?

Riley Keough lost her brother Benjamin in 2020 after he died of suicide and, three years later, Lisa Marie Presley died due to a bowel obstruction which was a consequence of her bariatric surgery.

Riley recorded for her mother's memoir, ‘From Here to the Great Unknown', and has also written about the connection between her mother and brother’s untimely death.

"I had an instinct Ben was the love of my mom’s life. Just as Elvis had with his mother, and my mom had with Elvis, my brother and my mom had a kind of 'I can't live without you' relationship. They shared a very deep soul bond," she said.



 

Lisa Marie and Benjamin both struggled with drug abuse. "My brother was just an incredibly sensitive person, and there was addiction there with him," Keough told the outlet. 

"But it's something I am constantly replaying in my mind going, 'What happened?' Because it felt like everything was fine and extremely normal for many years. So it was very destabilizing and shocking. I think my brother's addiction was his way of coping with his own discomfort and emotional pain. And it was a few years that got just really incredibly difficult," she further reflected.

Keough felt, "I knew any time I got with her after would be a gift. I couldn’t imagine her living without my brother."

Riley Keough (L) and Lisa Marie Presley attend ELLE's 24th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on October 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Riley Keough with her mother Lisa Marie Presley who died in 2023 (Getty Images)

Riley Keough reflected on the connection between Lisa Marie Presley and Benjamin Keough's death?

Reflecting on the connection between their death, the star said, "Like I said before, what has been the hardest about all of this is that we had such great and beautiful times, and most of our life was that. So it was really hard for us to understand the decline in the family."

"I think this is common when you love someone who is an addict, where you feel helpless a lot and out of control. It was a feeling of trying to exist in a relationship with your loved ones where you're just constantly out of control and worried. You live in a place of uncertainty and feeling like you might experience loss all the time," she said about their battle with addiction.

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