Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of music icon Elvis Presley and actor Priscilla Presley, has died at the age of 54 following a cardiac arrest.
Presley was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1968. She grew up living in her father’s Graceland estate until the age of four, when her parents separated. Presley moved with her mother to Los Angeles, California. Even though her parents were separated, she continued to see both, splitting time between both Los Angeles and Memphis. When she was 9, Presley’s father died of an apparent heart failure associated with prescription drug abuse.
Her early life was, despite the seeming advantages of her parents, not an easy one, and Presley struggled with addiction. At 17, Presley was sent to Scientology’s Celebrity Center rehab facility. There, Presley met musician Danny Keough. Presley and Keough married on October 3, 1988. and had two children, actress Riley Keough and a son named Benjamin, who died of apparent suicide in 2020.
Presley and Keough divorced in 1994. Only 20 days after her divorce to Keough was finalized, Presley married superstar Michael Jackson, who reportedly proposed over the phone after only four months of dating. Their relationship was short-lived, however, and Presley filed for divorce from Jackson in January of 1996. In 2000, while engaged to musician John Oszajca, she met Nicolas Cage. She soon broke off the engagement to Oszajca to date Cage. The couple married soon after in Hawaii on August 10, 2002 but divorced a mere 108 days later.
On January 22, 2006, Presley married for the fourth time, this time to guitarist, producer and director Michael Lockwood. The couple welcomed fraternal twins, Harper and Finley, on October 7, 2008. In 2016, Presley filed for divorce from Lockwood.
She inherited her father’s mansion, Graceland. And after the death of her father, grandfather and great-grandmother, she became sole owner of Presley’s entire estate when she turned 25. She sold 85% of the estate, which had an estimated value of $100 million when she inherited it, in 2005 to Industrial Media, but kept control of Graceland.
Following in her father’s footsteps, she forged a career as a singer, releasing several albums, including “To Whom It May Concern”, “Now What” and “Storm & Grace,” and enjoyed some success.
Priscilla Presley issued a statement after her daughter’s death. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Presley said. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.”
Rita Wilson, who met Lisa Marie after husband Tom Hanks worked on ‘Elvis’, took to Instagram to remember her. “Our hearts are broken with the sudden and shocking passing of Lisa Marie Presley tonight. Tom and I had spent some time with the family during the ‘Elvis’ movie promotional tour. Lisa Marie was so honest and direct, vulnerable, in a state of anticipation about the movie,” Wilson wrote. “She spoke so eloquently about her father, what the movie meant to her, that it was a celebration of her dad. She had her gorgeous daughters Finley and Harper with her who made us all laugh. She privately showed us her home, Graceland, and she made it feel like home to us. She was so gracious to us, Austin, Baz, and guests. If you haven’t heard her music please go listen. She had a sultry voice, a power and tenderness, that I have always loved.”
She is survived by her mother, Priscilla Presley, her three daughters and a half-brother, Navarone Garibaldi.
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the release of 
1. Though composed specifically for the film, the song “That Thing You Do” became quite popular in the real world. In 1996, It reached as high as #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year. It was also nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
2. The song was written by Fountains of Wayne’s bass player, Adam Schlesinger. He entered the contest that Hanks and the producers had, asking people to submit a Beatles-like tune called “That Thing You Do.” Out of 300 entries, Schlesinger’s was picked. 
3. The song proved so catchy, that other bands released their own covers. Both NSYNC (really?!) and New Found Glory recorded their own takes on the retro-flavored song.
5. Though the film is set in Erie, PA, it wasn’t filmed there. The exterior shots were actually filmed in Orange, CA, in the section of town named Old Town. The entire block was converted to look like Erie as it existed in the ’60s.
7. Most fans are probably aware that Tom Hanks wrote and directed “That Thing You Do,” but did you know he also wrote some of the music? Hanks composed the opening song, “Lovin’ You Lots and Lots” (which is credited to the fictional “Norm Wooster Singers” in the credits). He also wrote the drum solo, “I Am Spartacus.”
9. Hanks cast several family members in small cameo roles. His daughter, Elizabeth, can be seen waiting in a dress shop. His son (and future movie star himself), Colin (above), is the usher escorting Liv Tyler’s character, Faye. And Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson, played a cocktail waitress.
10. Hanks also populated the film with three notable celebrity cameos: Chris Isaak plays Uncle Bob, who records the band’s son on vinyl in a church. Director 
11. Even though the music was mostly re-recorded in post-production, Hanks insisted that all of the actors in the band learn how to play their respective instruments. That required weeks of intensive practice before filming actually began.
13. Ethan Embry’s bass player (above) is never actually referred to by name in the film. Even in the credits, he’s simply named “T.B. Player.”
16. Here are some alternate names for the band: 