Elvis never allowed her to work and left her an inheritance of $4.7 million.
“I’m rich. Thanks. I will not attend”, answered Priscilla Presley (77) a couple of decades ago when the International Horse Show (Sicab) wanted to invite her to honor her in Seville, just as they did until just over ten years ago with great international figures such as Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren or Claudia Cardinal. Although many may think that she is the widow of Elvis Presley, the truth is that the couple divorced four years before the king of rock’s death in 1977. Next August 16 marks the 45th anniversary of his death.
Priscilla is currently in the news because she is promoting the new biopic about her ex-husband, Elvis, who is played by Austin Butler (30), current boyfriend of Kaia Gerber (20), daughter of Cindy Crawford (56). An unknown Olivia DeJonge (24) is the cinematographic Priscilla. After seeing the finished film, he burst into tears.. The actor nailed the personality of her ex-husband. What does the only wife of the interpreter of Jailhouse Rock?
Elvis never let him work and when he died he achieved great popularity with the series Dallas and the franchise Grab it as you can. But her experience as an actress was there. Everything else passed without sorrow or glory. For the last four decades he has been the thought leader to increase and enhance the legacy of Elvis Presley, which is why he created Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) pTo manage your image, the merchandise and royalties. And, above all, to generate new income.
The estate left by the singer amounted to about 4.7 million dollars (and quite a few debts), and by the early 1990s it had grown by $100 million. In life, the idol of hundreds of millions of fans billed 130,000 dollars per concert night, $1 million per film and $250,000 in royalties from each album.
When Lisa Marie (54), the couple’s only daughter, reached the age of 25and became the sole heir, but his addictions and his high lifestyle caused him to sell 85% of the company’s shares for 100 million dollars in 2004. It is continually published that the pseudo-singer-songwriter is broke. In 2020, his son Benjamin took his own life at the age of 27. She has three other children, including actress Riley Keough (32).
The American businesswoman is not just a pretty face. She still looks younger than her daughterthough he can hardly laugh for how plastic the face has, but she is a clever business woman.
Graceland, the mansion of Elvis and his parents in Memphis, is the main source of income since it is the second most visited house of the United States behind the White House. The singer is buried in the garden. It has been 40 years since Priscilla decided to open it to the public. According to the official website of the residence, tickets range from 27 dollars the most basic to 196 dollars (Vip Tour). If about 650,000 visitors come each year… do the math.
In addition, Priscilla tried to make her way in other places with a fashion firm, another fragrance company and as a producer, but the accounts did not work out for her. The last large-scale economic movement she made was at the end of 2020 when sold his Beverly Hill mansions where he lived for 45 years for 13 million of dollars. A few months later she invested $4.8 million in a 300 meter penthouse square meters in the Los Angeles financial district of Century City.
There he spends pleasant evenings in the company of his four grandchildren and, at the moment, he does not have a partner. His best-known conquests were with Rob Kardashian -father of Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Rob-, Richard Gere, Julio Iglesias or Kirk Kerkorian. Her longest relationship lasted 22 years with Marco Garibaldiwith whom he had his son Navarone (35).
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George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism