Lisa Marie Presley, Daughter Of Elvis Presley, Dead At 54

Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died Thursday evening after going into cardiac arrest earlier in the day. She was 54 years old.

“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said in a statement. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”

Los Angeles County paramedics performed CPR on Presley at her Calabasas home after she went into “full arrest” before transporting her to a medical facility.

Paramedics were able to regain a pulse before she arrived at the hospital when someone administered epinephrine at the scene, the report said.

The family released a separate statement Thursday evening following the news of Lisa Presley’s passing.

“Priscilla Presley and the Presley family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Lisa Marie,” the family statement said. “They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time.”

Presley was just at the 80th Golden Globe Awards with her mother on Tuesday where they watched Austin Butler win his first Golden Globe award for best actor in a dramatic motion picture for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in the eponymous biopic.

Lisa Presley, a singer and songwriter, has three children, including actress Riley Keough.

As a teenager, Lisa Presley dropped out of high school and later entered rehab after she had started to use drugs. While in rehab, she met musician Danny Keough, whom she later married in 1988 and with whom she had two children, Riley and Benjamin. The two divorced in 1994 after six years of marriage.

Less than a month later, Lisa Presley married singer Michael Jackson, a marriage that would last less than two years.

Lisa Presley became engaged to musician John Oszajca several years later in 2000 before she ended that relationship so she could date actor Nicholas Cage.

Cage and Presley married in 2002, but the marriage ended less than four months later.

TMZ added that Lisa Presley owned and operated Elvis Presley Enterprises until 2005 when she sold the business.

Squad Member Rep. Ayanna Pressley Says Why She Didn’t Vote In Favor Of Bipartisan Select China Committee

Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) explained her reasoning for not voting for the bipartisan House of Representatives’ select committee on China this week, even as 146 members of her own party joined Republicans to do so.

“I voted no because again it’s another sham effort here. It’s really clear that this is just a committee that would further embolden anti-Asian rhetoric and hate and put lives at risk,” Pressley told CNN on Thursday. “We have enough infrastructure and governance to tackle those issues that we don’t need this select committee and that is why I voted no, because I am afraid that it will embolden anti-Asian rhetoric and hate.”

“So do you think the 146 Democrats who voted ‘yes’ on it are wrong in their votes?” CNN anchor Kaitlin Collins asked. 

“We just see it differently,” Pressley answered. 

On Tuesday, the House came together to establish the select committee centering on China in a 365 to 65 vote. The move creates the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

“Here’s the good news: There is bipartisan consensus that the era of trusting communist China is over,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday on the floor of the House.

“I’ve heard my colleagues on both sides say that the threat posed by Communist China is serious. I fully agree,” McCarthy noted. “This is an issue that transcends political parties. And creating the select committee on China is our best avenue for addressing it.” 

“We want the very best ideas, and it doesn’t matter where they come from. At the end of the day, we won’t need a minority and majority report. We’ll just need one philosophy, with one principle, and America will be stronger for the future to come,” he said.

“You have my word and my commitment. This is not a partisan committee. This will be a bipartisan committee,” McCarthy noted. 

“House Democrats have been clear that we are willing to extend the hand of bipartisan partnership on issues where we can work together for the American people, and will also stand up against extremism where necessary,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a statement after the vote. 

“As it relates to the new Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, House Democrats will work in a serious, sober and strategic manner to evaluate our relationship with the Chinese government and to address the rise of authoritarianism globally,” he added.

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