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Priscilla Presley’s New Memoir Alleges Elvis Suggested Abortion, Recounts Decision to End Lisa Marie’s Life Support

Published today, Softly, As I Leave You uses Presley’s own recollections to trace a troubled marriage through the lens of loss.

Overview

  • The book, released Sept. 23, follows Presley’s Today interview and lays out new personal disclosures about life after Elvis.
  • Presley writes that Elvis asked if she wanted an abortion when she became pregnant with Lisa Marie, which she refused, and says intimacy faded after childbirth.
  • She describes authorizing doctors to remove Lisa Marie from life support in 2023 after they briefly restarted her heart, noting prior reports that a bowel obstruction caused the death.
  • Presley details finding letters from women at the couple’s Palm Springs home as evidence of infidelity and says her affair with karate instructor Mike Stone was only one catalyst for divorce.
  • She characterizes Michael Jackson as manipulative during his 1994 marriage to Lisa Marie and reiterates that her estate dispute with granddaughter Riley Keough ended in 2023 and that they are now close.