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Riley Keough
Amie McCarthy/Getty ImagesRiley Keough wants to “preserve” her family’s legacy through her ownership of Graceland.
“My hope is to continue what my grandmother did, and then my mother, which was to preserve our family home,” Keough, 35, said. People in an interview published on Sunday, September 29.
Keough is the late’s eldest granddaughter Elvis Presleywho died in 1977 at the age of 42. The Daisy Jones and the Six actress inherited Elvis’s famous mansion in 2023 after her mother’s death, Lisa Marie Presley.
Elvis and ex-wife Priscilla Presley shared Lisa Marie, who retained ownership of Graceland after her father’s death.
Where a music legend once lived at home. Elvis Presley laid down his roots and made a lot of history in the famous mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. The late King of Rock ‘n’ Roll bought the property called Graceland in 1957, a year after his career took off. At the time the house was purchased, Elvis […]
Elvis bought Graceland, where both he and Lisa Marie are buried, in 1957, a year before his music career skyrocketed. He lived there with his wife Priscilla, now 79, whom he divorced in 1972, and their only child.
Lisa Marie died in January 2023 at the age of 53 and named Keough in her will as the new manager of the home. (Lisa Marie shared Riley and son Benjamin, who died by suicide in 2020, with ex Danny Keough.)
We weekly confirmed in May that Riley had filed a lawsuit to prevent Graceland from being put up for auction by Naussany Investments and Private Lending. The company alleged that the Promenade Trust, which oversees Graceland, owes Naussany $3.8 million after she failed to repay a six-year-old loan from Lisa Marie. Riley claimed that Naussany’s documents about Lisa Marie’s loan records were “fraudulent.”
A judge ruled in Riley’s favor later that month, meaning she and her family – Lisa Marie are also survived by 15-year-old twin daughters Harper and Finley, whom she shared with ex Michael Lockwood – can keep the building.
“As the court has now made clear, the claims were not valid,” a spokesperson for Elvis Presley Enterprises said. Us in a statement. “There will be no exclusion. Graceland will continue to operate as it has for the past 42 years, ensuring that Elvis fans from around the world can continue to have a best-in-class experience when they visit his iconic home.
Elvis Presley left a lasting impression on the world with his contributions to the music industry – and his memory lives on through his family. The King of Rock n’ Roll’s whirlwind romance with Priscilla Presley began in 1959 when he served in the Army after being drafted during his rising singing career. The […]
Riley’s grandmother Priscilla initially claimed that Lisa Marie’s will fraudulently removed her name as trustee in favor of Riley. She and Riley have since settled their legal dispute with a one-time payment.
“I think Riley will be great,” Priscilla said Piers Morgan in an interview in November 2023. “She asked me a few things about what to do and we’ll talk about things like: I want to help her with Graceland. I mean, she has her own career too and… [is] doing so well.”