Singer and songwriter Lisa Marie Presley – daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley – died in January, aged 54.
An autopsy that has now been performed shows that she died of a blockage of the small intestine, which was reportedly caused by a gastric bypass surgery that Presley underwent several years ago, the Los Angeles medical examiner said.
According to the autopsy report, intestinal obstruction is a common complication after gastric bypass surgery performed for weight loss.
Lisa Marie Presley died at a Los Angeles hospital where she was rushed by ambulance after suffering a cardiac arrest at her home on January 12.
She was buried at Graceland, where she lived as a child with her father, and which is now a museum and tourist attraction for Elvis fans.
Lisa Marie Presley debuted as an artist in 1997 but waited another six years before releasing her debut album, “To whom it may concern,” which entered the Billboard charts and peaked at number five.
She did several “duets” with her father, partly on the song “Don’t cry daddy”, which was released in 1997 to honor the 20th anniversary of Elvis’ death, and “In the ghetto” from 2007. In both cases, Lisa Marie played Presley recorded his own voice track which was mixed together with his father’s original recordings. The latest “duet” was released in 2018, the gospel song “Where no one stands alone”.