LOS ANGELES — Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock ‘n’ roll icon Elvis Presley, died of small bowel obstruction, the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office ruled.
Presley died Jan. 12 after she was rushed to the hospital in Southern California, according to her mother, who announced her death later that day. She was 54.
The cause of death was stated to be “sequelae,” or aftereffect, “of small bowel obstruction.” No additional causes or significant conditions were listed.
The manner of death was determined to be natural, according to the medical examiner’s office.
An autopsy report obtained Thursday by NBC News stated the obstruction was “in the form of a strangulated small bowel caused by adhesions that developed after bariatric surgery years ago.” The issue is a known complication of that type of surgery, the report said.
Presley also had “therapeutic levels” of the pain reliever oxycodone, and two other medications in her blood, which did not contribute to her death, the report stated.
Presley had complained about abdominal pain in the months before her death and the morning before she was found unresponsive at her home, according to the autopsy report and a coroner investigator’s narrative.
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Presley, also a singer and songwriter, was interred next to her son Benjamin Keough at Graceland, where she lived as a child with her father, who died in 1977.
Since her death, her estate and will have been at the center of a family dispute involving Presley’s mother, Priscilla Presley, and daughter Riley Keough.
The dispute was settled in May. Details of the settlement were not made public.
Claire Cardona contributed.
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