Lisa Marie Presley: Singer ‘died of problems from weight reduction surgical procedure’

Lisa Marie Presley – the one youngster of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis – died of problems from a weight reduction surgical procedure she had a number of years in the past, a autopsy examination revealed.

The singer died at her home in Calabasas, California, in January this yr, on the age of 54, after reportedly struggling a cardiac arrest.

However, autopsy outcomes launched by Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner on Thursday dominated her dying as being from pure causes as a consequence of results of a small bowel obstruction.

It mentioned the complication was the results of bariatric surgical procedure – a weight reduction process – from a number of years in the past.

“The obstruction was in the form of a strangulated small bowel caused by adhesions that developed after bariatric surgery years ago,” the examiner mentioned in a report.

“This is a known long-term complication of this type of surgery.”

Ms Presley – who was final seen in public on the Golden Globes two days earlier than her dying – had complained of abdomen ache earlier within the day, based on the report.

However, there have been no additional indications of what might have brought on the medical difficulty.

What is bariatric surgical procedure?

In the UK, bariatric surgical procedure, additionally identified referred to as metabolic surgical procedure, can be utilized as a therapy for people who find themselves very overweight – often these above a physique mass index (BMI) of 40.

The surgical procedure can embody the usage of a gastric band, a gastric bypass or a sleeve gastrectomy.

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However, based on the NHS, it ought to solely be tried if all different weight reduction strategies, reminiscent of weight-reduction plan and train, haven’t labored, or if the particular person has a severe situation that will enhance on account of weight reduction.

The Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit medical analysis centre primarily based within the US, additionally says the process is used when different weight reduction strategies haven’t labored.

The solely youngster of ‘The King’

Ms Presley was the only inheritor of music legend Elvis, and his spouse Priscilla Presley.

She adopted in her father’s footsteps by pursuing a music profession, beginning in 2003 together with her debut album: To Whom It May Concern.

It charted within the high 10 on the US Billboard album chart, as did follow-up report Now What in 2005.

She had 4 marriages, the primary to singer Michael Jackson, and the third to actor Nicolas Cage.

Following her dying, she was buried throughout a funeral at Graceland, the house the place she lived together with her father as a toddler that has develop into a museum, vacationer attraction and shrine for Elvis followers.

Presley left behind three daughters, 34-year-old “Daisy Jones & the Six” actor Riley Keough, together with her second husband Danny Keough, and 15-year-old twins Harper and Finley Lockwood, together with her fourth husband, guitarist and producer Michael Lockwood.

Her eldest son, Benjamin Keough, died in 2020.

Legal struggle over property

In the speedy aftermath of her dying, it appeared {that a} main authorized struggle would ensue over Presley’s property.

Four days after her funeral, her mom, Priscilla, 78, filed court docket paperwork disputing a 2016 modification to Lisa Marie Presley’s dwelling belief that eliminated her and a former enterprise supervisor as trustees and changed them together with her two eldest youngsters.

But Priscilla and Riley Keough – appearing as the only trustee of her property – agreed to a settlement in May.