Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's daughter, dead at 54 after a cardiac arrest

Elvis and Priscilla Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley, a singer-songwriter, passed away at 54. In a statement to PEOPLE on Thursday night, Priscilla said, "It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us." "She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment," she continued. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] Image credit: PEOPLE[/caption] Presley was sent to the hospital immediately on Thursday morning due to a potential heart arrest. Paramedics were called to the 5900 block of Normandy Drive in Calabasas to assist a woman in her 50s who was not breathing, a representative for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed to PEOPLE. The paramedics started CPR as soon as they arrived and then moved the woman to a nearby hospital for "immediate medical care" after observing "signs of life" in the patient. Additionally, the unit was sent to the address due to a cardiac arrest call, a Los Angeles County Fire Department official confirmed to PEOPLE.

Details about Lisa Marie Presley

Lisa Marie Presley moved to Los Angeles at the age of four with her mother after her parents' 1973 divorce. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1968, precisely nine months after Elvis and Priscilla's wedding. Furthermore, Lisa Marie Presley, then 9 years old, together with her grandfather Vernon Presley and great-grandmother Minnie Mae Hood Presley, were co-heirs to Elvis' estate when he passed away in August 1977. And she became the only heir after their respective deaths in 1979 and 1980. Lisa Marie also inherited her father's Graceland home. Also read: Famed Guitarist Jeff Beck Dead At 78 Due To Bacterial Meningitis [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="760"] Image credit: NBC News[/caption] Lisa Marie went through four marriages and divorces when she was alive. She wed Chicago-based musician Danny Keough in October 1988, and the couple had two children together: Riley (born in 1989), and Benjamin (born in 1992). She married singer Michael Jackson in 1994. Additionally, she was also engaged to Hawaiian-born musician John Oszajca in 2000. But that relationship ended when she met actor Nicolas Cage who she got married to in Hawaii two years later. Her fourth marriage was to Michael Lockwood, with whom Lisa Marie had her twin daughters, Harper and Finley, in 2007. Moreover, Benjamin, Lisa Marie's son, committed suicide on July 12, 2020, the day before he would have turned 28 years old. Since then, she has been outspoken about her grief, sharing tributes on Benjamin's birthday and writing a moving piece about the loss for PEOPLE in 2022. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] Image credit: PEOPLE[/caption]

What's more

As a recording artist, Lisa Marie Presley released three albums: To Whom It May Concern in 2003, So What in 2005, and Storm & Grace in 2012. In addition, Lisa Marie was a committed philanthropist who ran the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation for many years, which helps homeless families by providing them with resources like rent-free housing, child care, and other necessities. She also collaborated with the Dream Factory to help kids with disabilities or life-threatening illnesses, as well as Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network to help people devastated by Hurricane Katrina.