Lisa Marie Presley 'Was Very Excited About What Was Coming' Before Death, Mourns Friend

17.01.2023 - 23:37 / perezhilton.com

One of Lisa Marie Presley‘s last conversations is haunting to look back on now…

For this week’s People cover story, several of the 54-year-old friend’s opened up about her devastating loss and what some of her last moments were like. One was her dear friend David Kessler, an author and grief expert whom she’d grown close to after the death of her 27-year-old son Benjamin Keough in 2020. The pair were together on the night of January 8th following a celebration at Graceland for her father Elvis Presley‘s 88th birthday.

Related: Lisa Marie’s Half-Brother Navarone Garibaldi Speaks Out After Her Death

After the party, during which she delivered a heartfelt speech, Lisa Marie took David to the property’s Meditation Garden, where Elvis and Ben are buried. It’s where she will also be laid to rest — something she brought up during the ominous conversation. David recalled on Tuesday:

Whoa. Life is so fragile. You just never know when someone’s time has come. Five days after that conversation, Lisa Marie’s life was cut short when she suffered cardiac arrest in her Calabasas, California home, dying in the hospital on Thursday. So, so sad… Made even more tragic since she was so excited about what was to come…

Lisa Marie stayed out of the public eye for quite some time following the loss of her son, but was just beginning to step back out into the spotlight. In August, she opened up about her ongoing grief, writing in an essay for People:

She began to reemerge publicly in the last few months to promote Elvis, including appearing at the Golden Globes alongside the star, Austin Butler, just days before her death. Her longtime friend, Guns N’ Roses star Axl Rose, told the outlet:

But in her spare time, she was also busy helping others