Unexpected parallels between Lisa Marie Presley’s sudden death in January and that of her famous father, Elvis Presley, in 1977 can be seen in the recently released autopsy report.
Lisa Marie passed away on January 1. According to the report, 12 at age 54 had experienced many health issues in the months before her death, much like Elvis had, including protracted fevers, nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting.
She underwent bariatric surgery several years ago, but she ultimately passed away from a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction,” which is a known long-term side effect of the procedure.
According to the report, Lisa Marie had complained of stomach pain the morning of her death and was found unconscious at her Calabasas home by her ex-husband, allegedly Danny Keough. She was then taken to the hospital.
Elvis’ death certificate lists a heart attack as the cause of death; however, PBS reports that during a post-mortem examination, pathologists Dr. Eric Muirhead and Dr. Noel Florredo discovered evidence of severe and chronic constipation.
The King of Rock was reportedly sitting on the toilet when he passed away and “straining very hard to have a bowel movement, a maneuver that put a great deal of pressure on his heart and aorta,” which the outlet speculated may have contributed to his demise.
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Presley had a number of health problems prior to his passing; according to his uncle Vester Presley, who spoke to PEOPLE in 1978, the singer “was very sick for the last two years — liver problems, bad colon, enlarged heart. “.
Elvis, 42, was discovered in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion in Memphis after experiencing a medical emergency by someone close to him: his former girlfriend Ginger Alden.
According to The New York Times, Elvis’ friend and physician Dr. George Nichopoulos claimed that the musician passed away from hypertensive heart disease, with coronary artery heart disease playing a role.
According to her autopsy report, Lisa Marie had heart problems while in the emergency room and required a temporary pacemaker to be implanted due to life-threatening heart rhythms. Her condition deteriorated further until, at last, she suffered a cardiac arrest and was declared dead 20 minutes later.
Drugs of all kinds were present in the systems of both the father and the daughter at the time of their deaths, but neither is believed to have contributed to the deaths.
In 1980, PEOPLE reported that a toxicology report discovered at least eight different barbiturates and narcotics in Elvis Presley’s bloodstream, though none were at a lethal dose and the medical examiner did not think they were a factor in his demise.
Similar findings were found in Lisa Marie’s toxicology reports; she had been prescribed oxycodone for pain relief months earlier after having cosmetic surgery, as well as the antidepressant quetiapine metabolite, norbuprenorphine, and buprenorphine, which treat opioid addiction. The drugs did not contribute to her death, according to the coroner.
The report states that the decedent “had a history of overmedicating; she was known to forget she had taken her medications and would take them again.”. She had a history of abusing alcohol and illegal substances. She reportedly stopped using both drugs and alcohol in 2015. Every day, she smoked about 1 pack of cigarettes. “.
In the months after Lisa Marie’s passing, her mother Priscilla struggled to exert control over the late star’s trust, which, according to friends, she wanted to be in the hands of her daughter Riley Keough.
A settlement was reached in June, with Riley taking over as the only trustee of Lisa Marie’s estate and giving Priscilla $1 million in addition to $400K in legal costs to end the dispute over the family trust.
