Riley Keough has had an overwhelmingly intense first half of 2023 full of private {and professional} triumphs and tragedies.
On the identical day this week as she celebrated an Emmy nomination for her position in Daisy Jones & The Six, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley additionally remembered the anniversary of her brother’s demise.
In reality, the Amazon Prime collection was introduced on July 25, 2019, simply two weeks after Benjamin Keough was discovered lifeless at his California dwelling.
Riley was nonetheless coping with the sudden shock demise of her mom Lisa Marie Presley on January 12 this yr, simply weeks earlier than her new present lastly hit screens.
On July 12 she then needed to cope with the enjoyment of a significant award nomination and the reminiscence of the day she misplaced her solely brother.
In reality, Riley didn’t realise at first that she had been nominated as a result of she was quietly spending time at dwelling together with her household.
She informed Vanity Fair: “I was in my house and my phone was on silent ‘cause I was with my family, and then I returned to my cell phone and had like 700 missed texts and calls, so I assumed I got nominated.”
The 34-year-old posted a quite simple tribute on her Instagram tales, easy saying”Missing you both” on a gorgeous and adorably humorous black and white photograph of her mom and brother, with Ben making an cute face.
Lisa Marie and Benjamin are each buried alongside Elvis Presley at Graceland.
Riley beforehand described the lengthy interval of grieving her brother as “a year of feeling like I was thrown into the ocean and couldn’t swim.”
Her grandmother, with whom she had just lately been embroiled in a court docket case over the property of Lisa Marie, additionally posted her personal heartfelt message.
Priscilla wrote: “Needless to say, this has been a very solemn day for me – the anniversary of the passing of my sweet grandson Ben. Words cannot express how much you are missed. Nona.”
Riley and Priscilla settled their dispute in May, with the actress reportedly paying her grandmother $1million for sole management of Lisa Marie’s property.
