Sad News Today About Lisa Marie Presley ( Archived) (16)

Lisa Marie Presley singer-songwriter and daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, has died. She was 54.

"It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us," Priscilla confirmed in a statement to PEOPLE Thursday evening.

"She was the most passionate strong and loving woman I have ever known. We ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. Thank you for the love and prayers. At this time there will be no further comment."

On Thursday morning, Presley was rushed to the hospital for a possible cardiac arrest. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed to PEOPLE that paramedics responded to the 5900 block of Normandy drive in Calabasas to treat a woman in her 50s who was not breathing. When they arrived, the paramedics began CPR and, upon noting the patient had "signs of life," transferred the woman to a local hospital for "immediate medical care."

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed to PEOPLE that the unit was dispatched to the address for a cardiac arrest call.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee on Feb. 1, 1968, exactly nine months after Elvis and Priscilla's wedding, Lisa Marie was briefly raised in the area before moving to Los Angeles at age 4 with her mother following her parents' 1973 divorce.

Elvis died in August 1977, making 9-year-old Lisa Marie the joint heir to his estate alongside grandfather Vernon Presley and great-grandmother Minnie Mae Hood Presley. Following their respective deaths in 1979 and 1980, she became the sole heir and also inherited her father's Graceland residence.

"He'd always wake me up to sing in the middle of the night, get on the table and sing," Lisa Marie recalled of her time with Elvis on Good Morning America in 2009. "I remember him as my dad, but he was a very exciting dad."

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I am in shock. Just four days after her dad’s birthday. And she lost her son a couple of years ago. Just so many tragedies in that family.

Really? You want to go there? No, just no. Go preach on your streets, you nasty little man.

I saw a report of her being hospitalised on my news feed earlier, wasn't aware that she has now passed away

Too young

And wasn't she just the spitting image of her father!

You wrote in your profile that you "suffered a head injury in 1987".

Are you still suffering from that?

An old adage......If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all.

I know, I saw it on Facebook she was taken to the hospital and then something that showed her as a child with her dad and that she had passed away, right after I saw she was at the hospital. Holy smokes. So sad.