Lisa Marie Presley's trauma over deaths of dad Elvis and son Benjamin revealed in posthumous memoir

Lisa Marie's daughter completed the book, which gives new details about the deaths of her dad and son.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsUS ElectionSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC InDepthBBC VerifyUS ElectionElection pollsKamala HarrisDonald TrumpJD VanceTim WalzSportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsArtsArts in MotionTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsUS ElectionSportBusinessInnovationCultureArtsTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersLisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir reveals toll of family tragediesGetty ImagesWhen Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, died aged 54 last year she left behind an intimate request: for daughter Riley Keough to finish off her memoir based on recorded tapes and their time together.

On Tuesday, the day of the book's release, the BBC met Keough in New York to discuss From Here to the Great Unknown, a life story filled with trauma, addiction, loss and grief.

"It made me emotional that she was sharing it with the world because it was a story that she felt very protective of," Keough, a soft-spoken 35-year-old actress, said.

In the memoir, Lisa Marie details the toll that her legendary dad's death - when she was just nine - took on her.

For the first time, she describes waking up on the afternoon that he died in August 1977 and sensing something was wrong, before running into her father's room across the hallway and seeing him face down on the bathroom floor.

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