Actress discussed her mother’s death in depth for the first time in a sit-down interview with at her family’s Graceland residence in a special that aired on CBS on Oct. 8, the same day the posthumous memoir of Keough’s late mother, , the only child of rock icon and , went on sale. Keough finished the book by listening to hours of tapes her mother had recorded for the book before she on Jan.
12, 2023, from a cardiac arrest episode at the age of 54. In Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie and actor and musician Danny Keough, teared up listening to audio of her mother talk about her relationship with , whom she was married to from 1994-1996. “I can only speak to my experience with Michael and my experience was that he was only kind and loving to me and my family, and I saw them in a very seemingly happy, loving relationship,” she told Winfrey.
Much of Lisa Marie’s life was filled with sad memories, however, beginning with her father’s death in 1977 when she was just 9 years old. Despite the sudden nature of Lisa Marie’s passing — she attended the Golden Globes just two days prior in celebration of the 2022 biopic — Keough recalled being concerned about her mother’s health in the days prior. “The last three weeks that she was alive I was with her a few times that I felt worried,” she said.
“I think there was always sort of an undertone for me because of this feeling that I was on borrowed time with her. But there were a couple interactions with her that .
