Last Sunday, Elvis Presley’s grandson Benjamin Keough tragically committed suicide at the age of 27. Now, his older sister Riley Keough has broken her silence to pay tribute to him after his untimely death.
“Mornings are the hardest. I forget you’re gone. I can’t cry because of the fear that I will never stop. A pain that’s new to me,” the 31 year-old actress wrote on Instagram alongside photos of herself and her brother.
“You. There are no words for you,” she continued. “Angel is the closest I could think of. Pure light. Baby brother. Best friend. Wild man. Intellectual. Witness to my life. Twin soul. Protector. Too sensitive for this harsh world. I hope you give me strength to endure the giant hole you’ve left in my heart. I hope you give me the strength to eat. I hope you’re cradled in love. I hope you feel my love. I hope you feel god. You are god. I can’t believe you’ve left me. Not you sweet Ben Ben. Anyone but you. I guess this is true heartbreak. I hope we meet again.”
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Benjamin was the son of Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis. After his death, Lisa Marie released a statement paying tribute to her beloved son.
“She is completely heartbroken, inconsolable and beyond devastated but trying to stay strong for her 11-year-old twins and her oldest daughter Riley,” said the statement, according to Fox News. “She adored that boy. He was the love of her life.”
Lisa Marie had previously commented publicly on the strong physical resemblance that Benjamin had to her father.
“Ben does look so much like Elvis. He was at the Opry and was the quiet storm behind the stage,” she said. “Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there. Everybody was grabbing him for a photo because it is just uncanny.”
Benjamin’s close friend Brandon Howard said after his death that the 27 year-old felt pressure to live up to his family name, adding that he believes this “absolutely” contributed to his suicide.
“It’s a tough thing when you have a lot of pressure with your family and living up to a name and an image. It’s a lot of pressure,” Howard added. “It’s almost like you’re pressured into having to be a musician, having to be an actor. It was good for him to go around the world and discover himself and have his own friends. You never know what triggers it. You never know … It’s so random.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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