Just two days after attending the Golden Globes and watching Austin Butler accept an award for portraying her father in Elvis, Lisa Marie Presley passed away Thursday at the age of 54.
Presley was hospitalized earlier in the day after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Calabasas, California home.
On the red carpet before the ceremony, Lisa Marie praised Butler’s portrayal of her father, calling it “mind-blowing.”
Butler made sure to thank the Presley family in his speech after taking home the award for Best Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama saying, “The Presley family… thank you for opening your hearts, your memories, your home to me… Lisa Marie, Priscilla, I love you forever.”
Previously, in a roundtable discussion for the Hollywood Reporter featuring Adam Sandler, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, and others, Butler described the first moment he ever met Lisa Marie saying, “It hit home when I first met Lisa Marie because I didn’t meet her until after the film. And she hugged me with tears in her eyes, and she just said, ‘Thank you.’”
Last June, Lisa shared a photo with Austin to her Instagram, calling their time together “the first time she smiled in two years.” Her son passed away by suicide two years ago.
Rest in peace, Lisa Marie Presley.
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