In the last ElvisBlog article, we looked at the sketch of the winning design for the special Elvis 75th birthday cake to be unveiled at Graceland on January 8. I promised to show a photo of the actual cake as soon as it was available. Well, here it is, and there is a big surprise. Cutting the cake are Riley and Ben Keough, Elvis' oldest grandchildren.
Riley and Ben Keough
Danielle Riley Keough is twenty years old. She is a successful model and has a supporting role in the soon to be released Joan Jett biopic The Runaways. Benjamin Storm Keough is seventeen years old. It was recently reported that he signed a $5 million recording contract, but his mother Lisa Marie has refuted that. Her ex-husband, musician Danny Keough, is Ben and Riley's father.
You can't see much of Riley's face in the above photo, and that's too bad, because she is a beautiful young lady. Here's a recent close-up:
Riley and Ben's grandmother, Priscilla Presley, was asked it was like to have them at the 75th Birthday event: “I thought, my gosh, if Elvis only knew that he would have such beautiful grandchildren, so supportive to him, and how beautiful they are. It is bittersweet. He would have been very, very proud, absolutely very proud of his grandchildren.”
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