Lisa Marie Presley Opened Up About Keeping Her Son’s Body At Home For Two Months After His Death, And Said She Felt “Fortunate” To Still Be Able To “Parent Him”

"I felt so fortunate that there was a way that I could still parent him, delay it a bit longer so that I could become okay with laying him to rest," Lisa Marie writes in her posthumous memoir.

Lisa Marie Presley’s posthumous memoir has revealed that she kept her son Benjamin Keough’s body at her Los Angeles home for two months after his tragic death in July 2020.

Ben Keough and Lisa Marie Presley attend the World Premiere of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1

"There is no law in the state of California that you have to bury someone immediately," she writes, per People, going on to reveal that she was able to keep Ben’s body at home with the help of a kind funeral home owner.

Lisa Marie Presley in an elegant off-shoulder gown standing in front of a blue textured background

Lisa Marie was just 9 years old when her dad Elvis died in 1977, and his open casket was kept in Graceland for two days before he was buried.

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley hold an infant Lisa Marie. Elvis is pointing at his daughter, and Priscilla is smiling

Before burying Ben, Lisa Marie and Riley also decided to get tattoos in his honor. Ben had Riley’s name inked on his collarbone and Lisa’s on his hand, so they chose to get similar ones on the same parts of their bodies, and invited their tattoo artist into the room with Ben’s body to see his inkings up close.

Riley wears a floral skirt and blouse next to Lisa Marie wearing an off-shoulder dark dress

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