BREAKING: Lisa Marie Presley’s son and Elvis Presley’s grandson, Benjamin Keough, 27, dies ‘from self-inflicted gunshot wound’
- Keough was found Sunday in Calabasas, California, according to TMZ
- He is son of Lisa Marie and musician Danny Keough and the grandson of Elvis
- Lisa has previously spoken of her son’s ‘uncanny’ resemblance to her dad, Elvis
- Benjamin’s grandmother Priscilla married Elvis in 1967; they divorced in 1973
Lisa Marie Presley’s son and Elvis Presley’s grandson, Benjamin Keough, has died from a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The 27-year-old was found Sunday in Calabasas, California, according to TMZ.
He is the son of Lisa Marie and musician Danny Keough. Lisa has previously spoken of her son’s similarity to her dad Elvis, calling their resemblance ‘uncanny’.
She said: ‘Ben does look so much like Elvis. Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny.’
Benjamin’s grandmother Priscilla married Elvis in 1967 but they divorced six years later.
Lisa Marie Presley’s son and Elvis Presley’s grandson, Benjamin Keough, has died from a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound. Lisa has previously spoken of her son’s similarity to her dad Elvis, calling their resemblance ‘uncanny’
Benjamin was the son of Lisa Marie and musician Danny Keough. He is pictured with his mom
In January it was reported Presley, 51, and her ex husband Michael Lockwood have been engaged in a nasty custody battle over their 11 year old twin daughters, Finley and Harper.
Presley was married to Lockwood, her fourth husband, in 2006, and she gave birth to their twin girls in October 2008.
She had her two older children, Benjamin and his sister, the actress Riley Keough with her first husband, musician Danny Keough. They were married on October 3, 1988 and divorced on May 6, 1994.
Twenty days later she married Michael Jackson. In 1996, citing irreconcilable differences, Lisa Marie filed for divorce.
She also had a marriage to Nicolas Cage that lasted two months in 2002.
In 2009 Benjamin was reported to have signed a $5million record deal with Universal. ‘The music will be nothing like Elvis, nothing like him at all,’ he said inn interview at the time.
Lisa Marie was born to Elvis and Priscilla Presley on February 1, 1968.
Her parents were married on May 1, 1967, at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1973.