Overview

• People published excerpts this week in which Presley calls Jan. 12, 2023, the second saddest day of her life after losing Elvis.
• She writes that after Lisa Marie was found unresponsive by ex-husband Danny Keough and placed on a ventilator, a doctor told her there would be no quality of life.
• Presley says she then authorized removal from life support, describing the moment as unbearable and recalling that family waited at the hospital for hours.
• The Los Angeles medical examiner previously ruled Lisa Marie died from complications of a small bowel obstruction tied to earlier bariatric surgery.
• The releases come days before the Sept. 23 publication of Softly, As I Leave You, as Presley faces an unresolved civil suit from former business partners who allege misconduct, claims her attorney denounces as meritless.