It occurred this previous week: Closing chapters for 3 very totally different individuals who lived VERY totally different lives.
Lisa Marie Presley, the singer-songwriter and solely youngster of Elvis Presley, died all of the sudden on Thursday after obvious cardiac arrest.
Following in her father's footsteps, Lisa Marie launched three rock albums.
"Do not Cry Daddy" by Lisa Marie Presley:
Only a few days in the past, she was on the Golden Globe Awards celebrating "Elvis," director Baz Luhrmann's movie about her father, proclaiming that actor Austin Butler had captured the essence of her dad.
The only real proprietor of Elvis' Graceland, final weekend Lisa Marie was on the well-known Memphis mansion, welcoming followers on what would have been his 88th birthday.
Married 4 instances, together with marriages to Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage, Lisa Marie Presley is survived by her mom, Priscilla, and three youngsters. Her son Benjamin took his personal life in 2020.
Lisa Marie shall be buried subsequent to Benjamin, and close to her father, on the grounds of Graceland.
She was 54.
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Bernard Kalb, a journalist and writer whose profession spanned six a long time, died final Sunday after a fall at his Maryland residence. He was 100 years previous.
In his lengthy profession, Kalb labored at The New York Occasions, CBS Information and NBC Information. He was additionally the very first host of CNN's "Dependable Sources."
However Kalb's tenure as press secretary on the State Division throughout the Reagan Administration could have been his most difficult endeavor. He resigned after 18 months, citing moral qualms with the administration.
At a information convention he mentioned, "You face a selection, as an American, as a spokesman, as a journalist, whether or not to permit oneself to be absorbed within the ranks of silence, whether or not to fade into unopposed acquiescence, or to enter a modest dissent."
Lastly, we discovered of the demise of rock famous person Jeff Beck.
Born in London in 1944, Beck was drawn to the electrical guitar after listening to the legendary Les Paul.
Beck constructed his personal instrument at 13, and at 21 he was invited to affix the Yardbirds by Jimmy Web page.
"Coronary heart Filled with Soul" by The Yardbirds:
Through the 1960's and '70s, with the Yardbirds after which the Jeff Beck Group, Beck developed the type that will make him one of the crucial expert and influential guitarists in rock historical past.
"Beck's Bolero" by The Jeff Beck Group:
Winner of eight Grammy Awards and inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, Beck died Tuesday from bacterial meningitis. He was 78.
Story produced by Lucie Kirk. Editor: Joseph Frandino.