# Lisa Marie Presley. Really? {Died: January 12, 2023} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 13, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145 "2023-01-13T02:11:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/21 "2023-01-14T11:20:07Z")
RIP Lisa Marie I believe Lisa Marie did lead a very troubled life. Living in the shadow of an iconic, pop culture game-changing father, and losing him at a young age must have been quite difficult. I always felt sad for her. And now I feel sad for her children. I was never an Elvis fan, like my older siblings, but I always appreciated his phenomenal singing voice. And, there’s no denying his impact on rock & roll and pop culture. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/22 "2023-01-16T15:07:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > > > Some people have mentioned that she didn’t look well at the Golden Globes. > > I just saw a video and she looked a little wobbly. She looked awful. She could barely walk and was pale. She looked like she was either sick or on drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/23 "2023-01-16T16:17:13Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > She looked awful. She could barely walk and was pale. She looked like she was either sick or on drugs. Weakened heart from drug abuse, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/24 "2023-01-17T00:09:08Z")
That’s a very real possibility. She probably had an autopsy, and it will tell us. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/25 "2023-01-22T17:09:50Z")
didn’t that come out inconclusive? … at least v1.0 of the autopsy (I assume there are var. “tiers” of autopsy?) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/26 "2023-01-22T21:30:54Z")
They will have to wait for the full tox screen to come back, and that can take weeks, or even months. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/27 "2023-07-14T04:32:47Z")
> **[Lisa Marie Presley died of complications from prior weight-loss surgery,...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/entertainment/lisa-marie-presley-cause-of-death/index.html)** > > A report by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner stated on Thursday that Lisa Marie Presley’s death in January was caused by a “sequelae of a small bowel obstruction.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/28 "2023-07-14T14:15:15Z")
I don’t remember her being large enough for bariatric surgery. Was she, at some point? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/29 "2023-07-14T14:17:51Z")
By real-world standards, no. By showbiz standards . . . ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/30 "2023-07-14T22:57:23Z")
She may have been, and used clothing and camera angles to disguise her weight (Vince Neil tries to do that when he “performs” nowadays, for example). Anyway, this is yet another example of why bariatric surgery is NOT the easy way to lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/31 "2023-07-16T07:27:05Z")
This is apparently her before the bariatric surgery, tho you can’t prove it by me. Doesn’t really look like her, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen her before, > **[Lisa Marie Presley Weight Gain. Weight Loss, Bariatric Surgery, Death, And...](https://www.womenmdresources.com/lisa-marie-presley-weight-gain/)** > > Lisa Marie Presley Weight Gain. Details About Her Bariatric Surgery , Weight Loss, And Her Death From The Complications Of The Surgery. Her Before Surgery Pictures. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/32 "2023-07-23T03:22:08Z")
Bariatric surgery is NOT the easy way to lose weight, and if it turns out she was using Ozempic or something similar, oh boy. (If the doctor looks familiar, he’s the brother of the late Quiet Riot singer Kevin Dubrow.) The story is inaccurate in that 30 INCHES of her small bowel were necrotic when she arrived at the hospital; most people don’t have 30 feet of small bowel to begin with. > **[Lisa Marie's Death Prompts Ozempic, Weight Loss Warning from 'Botched' Dr....](https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/14/dr-terry-dubrow-lisa-marie-presley-cause-of-death-weight-loss-surgery/)** > > 'Botched' star Dr. Terry Dubrow says weight loss surgery ultimately doomed Lisa Marie Presley. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/33 "2023-07-23T16:08:33Z")
A friend of mine, who had been a large man prior to gastric bypass surgery, died very suddenly a few years ago, from what were likely very similar complications. He went from perfectly fine, to feeling discomfort, to deceased in the span of just a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145/34 "2023-07-23T22:36:46Z")
Nope, Dr. Dubrow was right - she had 30 FEET of necrotic GI tract, which indicates that (grossout alert warning) her gut was DEAD and she must have been terribly sick for some time before she sought medical treatment. One of my friends had lap band surgery many years ago, and more recently had a volvulus, where the intestine twists on itself like balloon art. She had 8 inches of small bowel removed. The really awful thing is that she was in a nursing home, for postop rehab after another procedure, and was vomiting bright green bile for several hours before anyone on staff thought she needed to go to the hospital! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-really-died-january-12-2023/978145.md?page=1)