Priscilla Presley was born Priscilla Ann Wagner on May 24, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, James Wagner, was a U.S. Navy pilot who was killed in a plane crash when Priscilla was only a few months old. Her mother, Ann, remarried Paul Beaulieu, an Air Force officer, in 1948.
Her family moved several times during her childhood and was stationed in Germany when she was a teenager. It was there she met Elvis Presley in 1959, when she was 14. At that time, 24-year-old Elvis was serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. They began a romance, and Priscilla eventually followed Elvis to the United States.
Eight years after they met, Priscilla and Elvis were married in Las Vegas on May 1, 1967. Their daughter, Lisa Marie, was born the following year, in 1968. Ultimately, their marriage didn’t last, ending in divorce on October 9, 1973. However, Elvis and Priscilla remained friends and raised Lisa Marie together until his death in 1977.
Here are some photographs of a young Priscilla Presley from the 1970s:
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