We are barely 20 days into 2023 and already we had a major loss in the field of popular culture.
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Lisa Marie Presley was the Princess of Rock and Roll and someone who had a tremendous legacy to carry that was set by her father, Elvis. But there is a very good reason as to why I bring up Lisa Marie not just as a tribute to someone who had led a somewhat complicated life with multiple marriages, etc.
You see, Lisa Marie was someone who had at least tried to maintain and carry on the legacy of someone who was famous. Most celebrity offspring would often have a hard time living in the shadow of their famous parents. Celebrity parents would often have their parental failures be aired out for all to see and while Elvis was taken advantage of. But Lisa Marie and her father had a strong relationship that went well beyond his death 46 years ago.
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As someone on the autism spectrum, I look at Lisa Marie Presley and often times I see that I have a legacy to maintain. Now, my family are not celebrities and sure that both my father and grandfather were corporate executives, but rather than follow in their direct footsteps (such as going to college and getting into the field), I decided to follow in their other footsteps of being involved in philanthropic causes.
The problem is that we tend to view someone for their negative actions rather than their positive ones such as being philanthropic. I can imagine that people right now are probably looking at Lisa Marie and attributing to her cardiac arrest as punishment for her failed marriages to Michael Jackson as an example. Or another example would be jumping to conclusions by saying that wasn’t not being physically there for her son, Benjamin, after he committed suicide in 2020, which is probably a murderous thought to think of.
But if you choose to focus on that side of Lisa Marie, then shame on you for you don’t know the real side of someone who poured her heart out for others.
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Remember, had it not been for Lisa Marie’s charitable side, would a legacy have been properly maintained that went beyond rock and roll? Fame and fortune don’t come from being in front of the camera or in front of an audience, it comes from being there for others and that’s what Lisa Marie did, especially after Hurricane Katrina.
My mission, along with that of my colleagues in the field of autism/neurodiversity, is to be there for others, just as Lisa Marie was there for others less fortunate than her. All I can say is that Lisa Marie tried to do what she did and while she left us far too soon, it’s safe to say that Lisa Marie has earned her place in heaven alongside her son and her father, Elvis.
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Catch you all later!!
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