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In a life filled with grief, Lisa Marie Presley shared how she dealt with it all

Lisa Marie Presley at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 10, 2023, in Beverly Hills, California.

LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley was no stranger to grief. Nearly five months before her own death — while marking the passing of her son, Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020 — she wrote an essay on the topic and how it "detonated and destroyed" her family life.

Presley, the only child of rock legend Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest at home earlier that day. The 54-year-old "Shine" singer had most recently been seen Tuesday at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, where she was on hand to celebrate Austin Butler's best actor win for his titular role in Baz Luhrmann's movie "Elvis."

But Presley made no secret of the losses she experienced in

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