On Sunday (January 22nd), family, friends and well-wishers paid their final respects to Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley in Memphis at Graceland. Lisa Marie, the 54-year-old mother of four, died in Los Angeles on January 12th after suffering a cardiac arrest.
Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose spoke before performing “November Rain” at the request of the family. Also performing was Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan who sang “To Shelia,” with Alanis Morissette singing her 2021 song, “Rest.” Among the speakers were Lisa Marie's mother Priscilla Presley, longtime family friend, “Memphis Mafia” member — and now Beach Boys manager — Jerry Schilling, and Sarah Ferguson, among others.
Ben Smith-Petersen, the husband of Lisa Marie's daughter, actress/director Riley Keough, read a tribute written by his wife.