Lisa Marie Presley admitted she kept her son Benjamin’s deceased body in her home for two months after he died by suicide in 2020, according to her memoir.
The shocking information was part of many bombshell revelations shared in Presley’s memoir “From Here to the Great Unknown,” slated for release Tuesday, according to TMZ. The only child of the great Elvis Presley said she was so heartbroken over her son’s death that she just couldn’t bring herself to say goodbye to Benjamin right away, so she kept a space at her home at 55 degrees to preserve his corpse while she grieved.
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 15: Lisa Marie Presley attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 12th Annual An Enduring Vision Benefit at Cipriani Wall Street on October 15, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
The memoir revealed that Presley struggled to come to terms with the tragic circumstances surrounding Benjamin’s death, and needed time to evaluate her options before taking him to his final resting place, according to TMZ. A sympathetic funeral home owner brought his body to her and she kept her son’s corpse at home while she considered either burying him in Hawaii or at Graceland, in Tennessee, where Elvis was laid to rest.
During this process of contemplation, Presley kept Benjamin’s body in a separate dwelling at her Calabasas, California residence. TMZ reported that California doesn’t have any laws surrounding immediate burial, so Presley was able to make the transition at her own pace.
NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 05: Lisa Marie Presley attends the 2013 CMT Music awards at the Bridgestone Arena on June 5, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/WireImage) Getty Images
Presley was well aware that her decision was an unconventional one.
“I think it would scare the living f***ing piss out of anybody else to have their son there like that,” she wrote in her memoir, according to TMZ.
“But not me.”
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE – JANUARY 22: A view of the grave of Lisa Marie Presley during her memorial on January 22, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Presley, 54, the only child of American singer Elvis Presley, died January 12, 2023 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
Presley eventually made the decision to lay Benjamin to rest at Graceland, where Elvis is buried. She was buried next to him just three years later. (RELATED: Police Charge Woman For Trying To Steal Elvis Presley’s Graceland In Apparent Fraud Scheme: REPORT)
Riley Keough, Presley’s daughter, finished the memoir after Presley died in 2023.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
