Elvis’ grandkid used a shotgun in suicide
Lisa Marie Presley’s son Benjamin Keough died from a self-inflicted “shotgun wound,” a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed Tuesday.
The 27-year-old grandson of rock icon Elvis Presley was pronounced dead at a home in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday morning.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department initially said first responders found a victim with a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
Keough’s autopsy was completed Monday with the manner of death officially ruled a suicide, the coroner spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Lisa Marie Presley is “completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” her rep said in a statement to the Daily News.
“She adored that boy,” the rep said. “He was the love of her life.”
Keough was the second child born to Lisa Marie Presley (together, above) and her first husband, musician Danny Keough.
Presley later had brief marriages to the King of Pop Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage before she welcomed twin 11-year-old daughters with her fourth husband, musician-producer Michael Lockwood.
Keough, her only son, bore a striking resemblance to Elvis, which she discussed during a 2012 interview with CMT.
“He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage,” she said. “Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there. Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny. Sometimes I am overwhelmed when I look at him.”