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Lisa Marie Presley wanted to be remembered as a 'good mom': What to know about her kids

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The late Lisa Marie Presley was the only child of iconic rocker Elvis Presley and wife Priscilla Presley. Presley died Jan. 12, 2023, 20 days shy of her 55th birthday, according to a family publicist.

The singer-songwriter, who followed her famous father's footsteps into the music business, was 54 and left behind a storied legacy, including her four children, three of whom survive her.

PHOTO: Lisa Marie Presley poses for her first picture in the lap of her mother, Priscilla, on Feb. 5, 1968, with her father, Elvis Presley.
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Lisa Marie Presley poses for her first picture in the lap of her mother, Priscilla, on Feb. 5, 1968, with her father, Elvis Presley. Lisa Marie Presley, singer and only child of Elvis, died on Jan. 12, 2023, after a hospitalization, according to her mother, Priscilla. She was 54.
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In a 2012 interview with "The Guardian," Presley said she would want to be remembered "as a good mum, mostly, and a pretty OK singer-songwriter."

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Here is what to know about Presley's children.

Riley Keough

PHOTO: Riley Keough attends Louis Vuitton and W Magazine's awards season dinner, Jan. 6, 2023 in Beverly Hills.
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Riley Keough attends Louis Vuitton and W Magazine's awards season dinner, Jan. 6, 2023 in Beverly Hills.

Presley married musician Danny Keough in 1988, and the following year, they welcomed their first child, Riley Keough on May 29, 1989.

Riley Keough is now an actor and starred in the 2023 drama series "Daisy Jones & The Six," based on the bestselling book of the same name from author Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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Presley called Riley and her younger daughters her "fave people" in a 2018 photo shared on Instagram. Ahead of the release of the "Elvis" biopic honoring her father in 2022, which starred Golden Globe-winner Austin Butler, Presley also opened up about how the film impacted her kids.

"What moved me to tears as well was watching Riley and Harper, and Finley afterwards, all 3 visibly overwhelmed in the best ... possible way, and so filled with pride about their grandfather and his legacy in a way that I have not previously experienced," the proud mother wrote on X, formerly called Twitter, in May 2022.

Benjamin Keough

PHOTO: Lisa Marie Presley, Benjamin Keough attend the Premiere of "The Elvis Experience" Musical Production at The Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino, April 23, 2015.
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Lisa Marie Presley, Benjamin Keough attend the Premiere of "The Elvis Experience" Musical Production at The Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino, April 23, 2015.

Benjamin Keough was Presley and Danny Keough's second child and her first and only son. He mainly stayed out of the spotlight but appeared in his family's TV special "Elvis by the Presleys" and in the music video for "I Love You Because," a duet between his mother and grandfather.

Presley previously revealed on social media that she and her son shared matching feet tattoos of a Celtic eternity knot that represented their "eternal love" and "eternal bond."

Several years ago, on Mother's Day, my son and I got these matching tattoos on our feet. It's a Celtic eternity knot. Symbolizing that we will be connected eternally. We carefully picked it to represent our eternal love and our eternal bond. 💔😞 pic.twitter.com/FJlJFPzS4W

— Lisa Marie Presley (@LisaPresley) July 12, 2022

Benjamin Keough died by suicide in July 2020, which devastated Presley and her family. "She adored that boy. He was the love of her life," Presley's representative Roger Widynowski told ABC News at the time.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Free, confidential help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You are not on your own.

Presley was laid to rest at Graceland, next to her beloved son Ben.

Harper and Finley Lockwood

PHOTO: Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley, Riley Keough, and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood attend the Handprint Ceremony honoring Three Generations of Presley's at TCL Chinese Theatre, June 21, 2022 in Hollywood.
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Harper Vivienne Ann Lockwood, Lisa Marie Presley, Priscilla Presley, Riley Keough, and Finley Aaron Love Lockwood attend the Handprint Ceremony honoring Three Generations of Presley's at TCL Chinese Theatre, June 21, 2022 in Hollywood.

In 2008, two years after Presley married her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood, the couple welcomed twin daughters, Finley and Harper Lockwood.