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LISA MARIE PRESLEY (1968 - )
       

Daughter of Elvis Presley, the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968, the only child of Elvis Presley and his wife, actress Priscilla Beaulieu Presley. Her parents divorced on October 11, 1973, and Priscilla received custody of Lisa Marie, although her father saw her as often as he could and lavished her with gifts. When Elvis died on August 16, 1977, Lisa Marie was his sole heir and inherited Graceland, his legendary estate in Memphis, Tennessee. As a teenager, Lisa Marie became a member of the Church of Scientology, where she met her first husband, Danny Keough. The couple married in 1988, and had two children, Danielle and Benjamin, before divorcing in 1994.

       

On May 26, 1994, Lisa Marie married pop-music superstar Michael Jackson in a private ceremony in the Dominican Republic. Lisa Marie first met Jackson when she was a child and her father took her to a Jackson Five concert in Las Vegas, where Michael was performing with his brothers. The Presley-Jackson marriage received intense media scrutiny: some viewed it as a public relations ploy to improve Jackson’s poor image, which had been tarnished by charges of child abuse, while others thought it fitting that the “King of Pop” had married the daughter of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” The couple went on national television to defend their marriage and shared a memorable on-air kiss at the MTV Music Awards. Presley also appeared in Jackson’s video “You Are Not Alone.” Despite these efforts, the marriage ended in divorce in January 1996.

       

After her second divorce, Presley has had modeling jobs, signed a record deal, and been involved in projects with the Graceland estate.

       

Her debut album, To Whom It May Concern, is due out in 2003.

       

In late 1999, Presley became engaged to John Oszajca, a Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter, but the couple broke their engagement in the spring of 2001. In August 2002, she married actor Nicolas Cage; they divorced three months later.