Benjamin Keough, son of Lisa Marie Presley and grandson of Elvis, has died

Benjamin Storm Keough, the 27-year-old son of Lisa Marie Presley and the grandson of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, became observed dead Sunday in Calabasas, California.

Lisa Marie Presley's manager, Roger Widynowski, showed the loss of life in a statement, and stated that that Lisa Marie became "beyond devastated" over the dying.

"She is absolutely heartbroken, inconsolable and past devastated but looking to stay robust for her 11-yr-vintage twins and her oldest daughter Riley. She loved that boy. He become the love of her life," Widynowski stated. (Lisa Marie and her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood, are the dad and mom of twin girls, Harper and Finley.)



The demise of Keough turned into an "obvious suicide," due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound, consistent with the celebrity information web page TMZ, however the reason of death had now not been confirmed with the aid of professional resources via early Sunday evening.

A musician who signed a $five million recording settlement with Universal while he was 17 however reputedly released no track commercially, the Tampa-born Benjamin Keough is the younger brother of 31-year-vintage actress Riley Keough ("Mad Max: Fury Road," "American Honey"). Benjamin and Riley are the children of Lisa Marie and musician Danny Keough, who married in 1988 and divorced in 1994.

Benjamin Keough had visited Memphis in the past, with contributors of his famous family. On Jan. 8, 2010, with temperatures within the young adults and snow lightly falling, Riley and Benjamin Keough cut a 5-tier birthday cake all through a public ceremony at Graceland in reputation of the 75th anniversary of Elvis' delivery.

In 2009, he mentioned his recording agreement with a British newspaper, the Daily Telegraph. "The tune may be nothing like Elvis, not anything like him at all," he said.

Nevertheless, Benjamin Keough in general avoided the limelight, at the same time as enthusiasts on social media in recent years made lots ado about his resemblance to his international-well-known grandfather.

When he did appear inside the news, it usually became in connection to his own family. For instance, as a toddler in 2002 he changed into in gift at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows at the Big Island of Hawaii while his mom married actor Nicolas Cage.