cover story
ELVIS through
Lisa Marie’s eyes
Keeping The King’s legacy alive for his grandchildren
BY MARY ANN COOPER
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Photos:
All photos
courtesy of
Elvis.com
n 1977 cultural and music
legend Elvis Presley died at
his family estate, Graceland.
This left his daughter, Lisa
Marie, who was there on that
tragic day, with much to work
through after the grieving subsided—including
escaping her
iconic dad’s shadow to forge
her own identity and making
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sure her children—the grandchildren
of The King of Rock
and Roll—could do the same.
Like her father, Lisa Marie is
passionate about music, and
after years of having her music
inspired by anger, she’s finally
“shedding the barnacles” of
fury and overindulgences that
she admits were not good for
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