Lisa Marie Presley Kept Her Son Benjamin's Body At Home For Two Months Following His Passing

Warning: This article discusses suicide, which some readers may find distressing.

Lisa Marie Presley chose to keep her son Benjamin's body at her home for two months following his tragic passing.

It was a personal and emotional decision, reflecting her deep struggle with the loss.

Lisa Marie, the only child of Elvis Presley, died in January 2023 at 54.

Her cause of death was confirmed as a bowel obstruction.

Before she passed away, Lisa Marie was working on a memoir, which was completed by her daughter Riley Keough.

In the memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, Lisa wrote about how she had to 'fight' to stay alive for her other children after losing Benjamin.

Part of what delayed her farewell to Benjamin was her uncertainty about where to bury him—whether in Hawaii or at Graceland.

She explained, "My house has a separate casitas bedroom and I kept Ben Ben in there for two months. There is no law in the state of California that you have to bury someone immediately."

Lisa Marie expressed her gratitude for the funeral home’s empathy: "I found a very empathetic funeral home owner … She said, 'We'll bring Ben Ben to you.'"

Lisa Marie Presley died last year Bryan Steffy/WireImage

She detailed in her memoir how she became accustomed to having him there, in a room kept at 55 degrees.

Benjamin had passed at 27, after a long struggle with mental health issues, and his death was ruled a suicide.

Both Lisa and Riley got tattoos to honor him. When the tattoo artist asked if they had any pictures of him, Lisa Marie had an unexpected response.

Elvis' daughter replied, "No, but I can show you."

Riley recalled the surreal moment: "Lisa Marie Presley had just asked this poor man to look at the body of her dead son, which happened to be right next to us in the casitas. I've had an extremely absurd life, but this moment is in the top five."

Before her death in 2023, Lisa shared an essay with People about grief.

Benjamin Keough died in 2020 (Dave M. Benett/Getty Images) middle right

"This is not a comfortable subject for anyone, and it is most unpopular to talk about. This is quite long, potentially triggering and very hard to confront. But if we're going make any progress on the subject, grief has to get talked about. I'm sharing my thoughts in the hopes that somehow, we can change that."

Lisa Marie continued: "I already battle with and beat myself up tirelessly and chronically, blaming myself every single day and that's hard enough to now live with, but others will judge and blame you too, even secretly or behind your back which is even more cruel and painful on top of everything else."