Austin Butler Mourns Lisa Marie Presley After Her Death: ‘My Heart Is Completely Shattered’

Austin Butler, 31, who played Elvis Presley successful the highly acclaimed Elvis biopic past year, paid tribute to Lisa Marie Presley after her sudden death astatine the property of 54 connected January 12, 2023, aft suffering cardiac arrest. “My bosom is wholly shattered for [her children] Riley, Finley, Harper and Priscilla astatine the tragic and unexpected nonaccomplishment of Lisa Marie,” helium said successful a connection to E! News connected Friday, Jan. 13. “I americium eternally grateful for the clip I was fortunate capable to beryllium adjacent her agleam airy and volition everlastingly cherish the quiescent moments we shared. Her warmth, her emotion and her authenticity volition ever beryllium remembered.”

Austin Butler and Lisa Marie Presley (Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock)

Lisa Marie, the lone kid of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, suffered a afloat cardiac apprehension astatine her location successful Calabasas, California, and was transported to a infirmary wherever she aboriginal died. The quality came conscionable 2 days aft Lisa Marie and her parent were seen weeping successful the audience arsenic Austin accepted the Golden Globe award for his uncanny portrayal of the King of stone and roll. As the actor, 31, took the podium connected Tuesday evening, January 10, helium took attraction to convey the Presley family.

For america it’s Austin Butler winning his archetypal ever Golden Globe Award for playing Elvis and past thanking Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley! #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/rmRnvKF3Cg

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“I besides privation to convey our unthinkable producers, and Warner Brothers, and the Presley family, convey you guys,” helium said, arsenic Lisa Marie and Priscilla, seated prominently astatine a table, reacted with emotion.  “Thank you for opening your hearts, your memories, your home to me,” helium continued. “Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I emotion you forever.” Lisa Marie placed her hands implicit her mouth, past her bosom arsenic the histrion paid tribute to the celebrated family, portion her parent besides covered her bosom with some hands.

Austin Butler, Lisa Marie and Priscilla Presley astatine the Golden Globes connected Jan 10, 2023 successful Los Angeles. (Shutterstock)

Lisa had been thing but effusive successful her praise of Austin’s dedicated performance successful the film. “Austin Butler channeled and embodied my father’s bosom and psyche beautifully,” she wrote via Instagram connected May 14, 2022. “In my humble opinion, his show is unprecedented and FINALLY done accurately and respectfully. (If helium doesn’t get an Oscar for this, I volition devour my ain foot, haha.) You tin consciousness and witnesser Baz’s axenic love, care, and respect for my begetter passim this beauteous film, and it is yet thing that myself and my children and their children tin beryllium arrogant of forever.”

Lisa had posted aggregate times astir the histrion and the Baz Luhrmann film, adjacent noting aft a associated interrogation successful June with him that, “I bash judge that this whitethorn beryllium my archetypal grin successful 2 years.” A vocalist successful her ain right, she had been unfastened astir her grief implicit the nonaccomplishment of her son, Benjamin Keough, who died by suicide successful 2020.

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