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<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/grief-stricken-lisa-marie-presleys-troubling-final-days-before-she-died">Lisa Marie Presley</a> visited Elvis’ grave days before she <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/celebrity-tributes-pour-in-after-lisa-marie-presleys-shock-death">suffered a fatal heart attack</a>, as well as that of her late son, who <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/benjamin-keough-son-of-lisa-marie-presley-and-grandson-of-elvis-presley-dies-at-27-in-apparent-suicide">died by suicide</a> two years ago at the age of 27.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXOGDopTQM/">touching farewell posted to Instagram on Friday</a>, Presley’s friend <a href="https://grief.com/about-david-kessler/">David Kessler</a>, an expert on grief and loss who co-authored the seminal 2005 book <em>On Grief and Grieving</em> with psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, described the late singer-songwriter as “a loyal daughter and devoted mother.”</p>
<p>“The loss of her son inspired her to work toward becoming an advocate for those who are struggling with the heartbreak of grief,” Kessler wrote.</p>
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In a touching farewell posted to Instagram on Friday, Presley’s friend David Kessler, an expert on grief and loss who co-authored the seminal 2005 book On Grief and Grieving with psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, described the late singer-songwriter as “a loyal daughter and devoted mother.”
“The loss of her son inspired her to work toward becoming an advocate for those who are struggling with the heartbreak of grief,” Kessler wrote.
