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Inside Lisa Marie Presley’s marriage to Michael Jackson-Aisha Nozari-Entertainment – Metro
The A-listers wed in the 90s.
Lisa Marie Presley, pictured with Michael Jackson in 1994, tragically died aged 54 on Thursday (Picture: REUTERS)
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, died aged 54 on Thursday after being rushed to hospital following a suspected cardiac arrest.
Presley was married four times throughout her life, most famously to Michael Jackson who she wed in 1994. The pair divorced two years later citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ and Presley famously supported Jackson through accusations of child molestation.
But what you might not know is Presley and Jackson met many years before tying the knot..
Presley first met Jackson way back in 1975 when she was aged just seven. Fast-forward to 1992 and the pair embarked on an adult relationship that quickly turned romantic.
They wed in 1994, a year after Jackson was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy.
In J. Randy Taraborrelli’s 2003 book about the King of Pop, Elvis’ daughter is quoted as saying: ‘I believed he didn’t do anything wrong, and that he was wrongly accused and, yes, I started falling for him. I wanted to save him. I felt that I could do it.’
Presley and Jackson wed in 1994 (Picture: Sipa/Shutterstock)
The pair divorced two years later citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ (Picture: REUTERS)
Their marriage came to an end in 1996, despite Jackson insisting during his and Presley’s now-infamous joint appearance at the 1994 MTV Music Video Awards that their love would go the mile.
Gesturing to his wife, he told the crowd: ‘And just think, nobody thought this would last.’
Notably, Presley didn’t say anything while she was up on stage, despite being introduced as ‘Mrs. Michael Jackson’.
Then, in 1995, Presley starred in the music video for Jackson’s song You Are Not Alone.
Directed by Wayne Isham, the couple stripped off for the track and canoodled throughout, cementing it as one of music’s most talked-about videos of all time.
Presley famously supported Jackson, pictured together in 1995, through accusations of child molestation (Picture: REUTERS)
After calling it quits, the pair continued to be ‘on and off’ for a few years (Picture: AP)
After eventually calling it quits, the pair continued to be ‘on and off’ for a few years and Presley gave a better insight into their relationship following Jackson’s death in 2009.
In June that year, Jackson was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
He was initially discovered in his bedroom by his personal physician Conrad Murray, who later called security who then phoned 911.
Speaking to Oprah in the aftermath of his death, Presley said: ‘When we were together, we were really in love,’ but did confess they also had ‘rough patches’.
News of Presley’s death this week came just hours after her mother, Priscilla Presley, confirmed her daughter was rushed to hospital late on Thursday.
Mum-of-four Presley had appeared at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on Tuesday to see Elvis star Austin Butler win best actor for his portrayal of her father.
She was said to have been taken away in an ambulance after paramedics performed CPR on Thursday at her home in Calabasas.
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Sources added to TMZ that paramedics were ‘able to regain a pulse before she was transported’.
Priscilla, who was married to Elvis until 1973, has since issued a statement asking for privacy.
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