Riley Keough’s Husband Ben Reads Her Letter For Mom Lisa Marie: ‘I’m A Product Of Your Heart’

Riley Keough paid tribute to her precocious parent Lisa Marie Presley aft her decease astatine the property of 54, via her hubby Ben Smith-Peterson. The eldest girl of the Now What singer, 33, wrote a letter on behalf of herself, precocious member Benjamin and duplicate sisters Harper and Finley, 14, astatine the Graceland memorial, erstwhile Ben work for the audience.

“I’m going to work thing Riley wrote. A missive to my mama — convey you for being my parent successful this life. I americium eternally grateful to person spent 33 years with you. I’m definite I chose the champion parent for maine successful this satellite and I knew that arsenic acold backmost arsenic I retrieve you and I retrieve everything,” Ben work of his woman Riley’s words. The brace wed successful 2015 successful an intimate Napa Valley matter erstwhile Riley was 25 years old.

“I retrieve you giving maine baths arsenic a babe and I retrieve you driving maine successful my car spot listening to Aretha Franklin. I retrieve the mode you would cuddle maine astatine night, and the mode you smelled. I retrieve you taking maine for crystal pick aft schoolhouse successful Florida. I retrieve you singing maine and my member lullabies astatine night. I retrieve however you would laic with america until we fell asleep,” she besides wrote successful the affectional letter.

“I retrieve however it felt to beryllium loved by the astir loving parent I’ve ever known. I retrieve however harmless it felt to beryllium successful your arms. I retrieve that feeling arsenic a kid and 2 weeks agone connected your couch. Thank you for showing maine that emotion is the astir important things successful this life. I anticipation I tin emotion my girl the mode you loved me,” she besides penned.

“The mode you loved my member and sisters, convey you for giving maine heart, strength, empathy, and courage, my consciousness of humor, my manners, my temper, my tenacity. I’m a merchandise of your heart. My member is simply a merchandise of your heart, my sisters are a merchandise of your heart. We are you, you are us…I anticipation you yet cognize however loved you were here. Thank you for trying truthful hard for us. If I didn’t archer you each day, convey you.”

Ahead of the service, Riley had yet to talk publically astir the decease — breaking her soundlessness connected societal media 2 days earlier with a saccharine throwback photograph of her and her mom. In the puerility snap, a young Riley tin beryllium seen holding a bouquet of flowers arsenic she looks up astatine her smiling mother, who beamed backmost down astatine her first-born child. The Daisy Jones & the Six star simply captioned the photograph with a bosom emoji.

Riley Keough precocious spoke astir however her precocious parent inspired her arsenic she filmed ‘Daisy Jones & The Six.’ (Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency)

Riley was contiguous at the hospital soon aft her parent was admitted to pursuing “full cardiac arrest” astatine her Calabasas country home. Lisa was initially recovered by Riley’s father, her ex-husband Danny Keough, who administered CPR. After a 2nd bosom onslaught successful hospital, Lisa Marie sadly passed distant astatine West Hills Medical Center successful Los Angeles, California connected Jan. 12.

Lisa’s passing was confirmed by her mother, and Riley’s grandmother, Priscilla Presley, that aforesaid day. “It is with a dense bosom that I indispensable stock the devastating quality that my beauteous girl Lisa Marie has near us,” Priscilla said to AP on Jan. 12, conscionable hours aft Lisa was taken to hospital. “She was the astir passionate beardown and loving pistillate I person ever known. We inquire for privateness arsenic we effort to woody with this profound loss. Thank you for the emotion and prayers. At this clip determination volition beryllium nary further comment.”

In a caller interview, Riley reflected connected however her parent inspired her portion she filmed her caller Prime Video bid Daisy Jones & The Six.”My parent is surely an inspiration to me,” she said to PEOPLE magazine successful Dec. 2022. “I was raised by idiosyncratic who did their ain happening and didn’t truly attraction what different radical thought. She was decidedly inspirational to me,” she besides said of her mother, with whom she shared a adjacent bond.

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