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Coroner: Lisa Marie Presley died from bowel obstruction
UPI ^ | JULY 14, 2023 / 4:42 AM | By Darryl Coote

Posted on 07/14/2023 6:48:28 AM PDT by Red Badger

The cause of Lisa Marie Presley's January death was a small bowel obstruction, officials said Thursday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 14 (UPI) -- Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley, died in January due to a small bowel obstruction, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office said.

The report, released Thursday, states the small bowel obstruction was caused by scar tissue that developed following bariatric surgery that was performed years prior.

"The manner of death is natural," the report states.

Presley, 54, died Jan. 12 at a local hospital where she was rushed after being found unresponsive earlier that day at her Calabasa home.

The medical examiner's report states that she was pronounced dead at 5:08 p.m. and that an unidentified ex-husband was who had found her and who had called the paramedics to the scene.

It added that though Presley had a history of drug use she had been sober "for the past few years" and that toxicology results showed "therapeutic levels of oxycodone" and other medications in her system at the time of her death.

The report adds that she had for months complained of abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea and fevers but did not have the issues medically examined.

Presley, the daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, was buried with her late father and her only son, Benjamin Keough, at the family's famous Graceland estate in Tennessee.


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: causeofdeath; elvispresley; lisamariepresley; priscillapresley; rileykeough
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1 posted on 07/14/2023 6:48:28 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Didn’t Elvis die on the toilet also? Very sad.


2 posted on 07/14/2023 6:51:01 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Red Badger

She was killed by her medical care, in this care a surgery for weight loss.


3 posted on 07/14/2023 6:52:14 AM PDT by devere
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I didn’t know she’d had bariatric surgery. Was it announced at the time? Kept secret?


4 posted on 07/14/2023 6:52:24 AM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Red Badger

Weight loss surgery is a killer


6 posted on 07/14/2023 6:55:22 AM PDT by butlerweave
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The report adds that she had for months complained of abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea and fevers but did not have the issues medically examined

Geez, go to the doctor. Alas, RIP.

7 posted on 07/14/2023 7:03:36 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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To: devere

Opioids mess up one’s bowels as well.


8 posted on 07/14/2023 7:06:08 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

I saw her at an awards show for the new Elvis movie several days before her death. She was out of it on drugs.


9 posted on 07/14/2023 7:07:05 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Red Badger

That’s a bad way to go. A friend of ours died from a blockage in her intestines. She went to the doctor and he just gave her some medicine. It continued to worsen and ruptured. This was many years ago, so hopefully treatment has improved.


10 posted on 07/14/2023 7:12:34 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Red Badger
Two things to note...

NBC News obtained the autopsy report, but hasn't published it in its entirety.

Secondly, CoupFlu vaxxes have been linked to adverse GI events, some severe.

Trust but verify

11 posted on 07/14/2023 7:12:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: devere

The story says she ignored symptoms for months. I presume the problem would have been corrected, probably easily, had she gone to a doc.

Lothian isn’t like a stroke or a heart attack where people who ignore symptoms are at risk of suddenly keeling over dead. Stomach pains, nausea, vomiting, etc. Usually provide considerable warning. I wonder how severe her symptoms were.

I’ve known a couple of people who went from minor infection to dead in three days, but even they got to a doc, although too late.


12 posted on 07/14/2023 7:13:28 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: ought-six

Same thing killed that little girl actress in “Poltergeist”, and also one of the Bee Gees brothers............


13 posted on 07/14/2023 7:15:21 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: bigdaddy45

Yeah, Elvis had a congenital bowel condition that was made worse by his addiction to prescription opioids. His autopsy named that as a contributing factor in his death.


14 posted on 07/14/2023 7:24:06 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: Red Badger
small bowel obstruction

Two thoughts:

A) Seems like an unpleasant way to go.

B) Hard to imagine having any “bowel obstruction” and then describing it as “small” — especially if it is severe enough to kill me.

15 posted on 07/14/2023 7:55:11 AM PDT by rhinohunter (“Being woke means you’re a loser” — Donald J. Trump)
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"an unidentified ex-husband was who had found her"

How many ex-husbands did she have?!
16 posted on 07/14/2023 7:58:06 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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Two that I am aware of......................


17 posted on 07/14/2023 7:59:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Rummyfan

It’s confounding why she didn’t go to the ER during one of her episodes. I had a small bowel obstruction earlier this year and it was intensely, horribly painful. After vomiting a ridiculous amount of bile for the second time I called 911.
I wonder if she was on painkillers or other opiates that dulled the pain.


18 posted on 07/14/2023 8:04:40 AM PDT by Skid289 (In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. )
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To: bigdaddy45

Mabey or maybe not.


19 posted on 07/14/2023 8:24:45 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: sphinx

“I presume the problem would have been corrected, probably easily, had she gone to a doc.”

No, more surgery would probably have been needed. But you are correct that it’s unwise to ignore symptoms.


20 posted on 07/14/2023 8:34:46 AM PDT by devere
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