Earlier than the Golden Globes, and simply days earlier than her dying on Thursday, Lisa Marie Presley celebrated what would’ve been her father Elvis’ 88th birthday on the Formosa Café in West Hollywood — a favourite of his.
The occasion included company Austin Butler; Lisa Marie’s daughter, Riley Keough; Elvis director Baz Luhrmann; Danny DeVito; Invoice Maher; Beck and extra, based on proprietor Bobby Inexperienced.
“They have been actually lovable collectively. They have been facet by facet your complete night time,” Inexperienced tells PEOPLE of Lisa Marie and her daughter. “And naturally, I believe that they had issues to do this night time. They needed to sit within the Elvis sales space collectively, they usually needed to get photos, however they appeared to essentially genuinely take pleasure in it…. They appeared very joyful.”
Lisa Marie “had a smile on her face all night time, and so did Austin and Riley and everybody else. She appeared in superb spirits,” provides Inexperienced.
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In a clip Inexperienced shared on Instagram, Lisa Marie expressed her gratitude for individuals who confirmed up for the celebration and reiterated what the Elvis movie meant to her. “I am so proud, and I do know that my father would even be very proud,” she mentioned when surrounded by Butler, Keough, 33, and others. “So I wish to thanks all for being right here, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude, so thanks.”
Presley appeared “very sharp” within the clip and “very, very joyful and thrilled about Baz and thrilled in regards to the film,” per Inexperienced.
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Yahoo famous in its protection of the occasion that Luhrmann even led a sing-a-long of Elvis’ “Cannot Assist Falling in Love,” with Presley standing by him.
On the Formosa, there’s additionally an Elvis sales space that the late legend would frequent throughout his life. “When Austin and Riley and Lisa and Baz have been all sitting in that sales space collectively, it was simply nonstop smiles,” Inexperienced tells PEOPLE. “They have been simply thrilled. And I believe the spirit of Elvis was actually alive at that second there.”
“The dynamic, it was like they have been all household,” Inexperienced continued. “That they had their arms round one another, most all the night time, sitting in a sales space, standing collectively for pictures. They have been very affectionate and in a household approach. Everybody simply appeared chipper and joyful. And different than simply being slightly shy and quiet, that will be the one factor I may say I observed about Lisa Marie.”
Lisa Marie — the one daughter of Elvis and Priscilla — has been remembered by a number of stars since her dying, together with LaToya Jackson, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Linda Thompson, ex-husband Nicolas Cage, Billy Bush, and extra. Cage, 59, mentioned in a press release obtained by The Hollywood Reporter this week that the lack of his ex-wife is “devastating information.”
“Lisa had the best snort of anybody I ever met. She lit up each room, and I’m heartbroken,” the actor wrote. “I discover some solace believing she is reunited along with her son Benjamin.”
