Danny Keough was a musician and former husband of the iconic singer, Lisa Marie Presley. He is best known for his marriage to Presley, which lasted from 1988 to 1994. The couple had two children togeter during their marriage, Benjamin Keough and Riley Keough.
Keough was born on November 6, 1964 in Santa Monica, California. He grew up playing music with his father and eventually became a bassist in a band called The L.A. Punks. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he was an active member of the underground Los Angeles punk scene, performing at various clubs with the band The Weirdos and other bands such as the Screamers and Bad Religion.
In 1988, Keough married Lisa Marie Presley after meeting her through mutual friends at one of his concerts. During their marriage, they had two children together: Benjamin in 1992 and Riley in 1989. After their divorce in 1994, Keough moved back to Los Angeles where he continued his musical career.
In recent years, tragedy has struck the family of Danny Keough; his son Benjamin died by suicide at age 27 in 2020 at home in Calabasas, California. Since then, Danny has kept out of the public eye for most of the time but spoke about his son’s death in an interview saying that “the loss of Ben has been devastating for us all”.
Despite personal tragedy throughout his life, Danny Keough remains an important figure within Lisa Marie Presley’s life story as her first husband and father to her two children; Benjamin and Riley. His legacy will live on through his music as well as through his family who continue to carry on his memory today.
Is Lisa Marie Still Married to Danny Keough?
No, Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough are no longer married. They were married from 1988 to 1994, but divorced in the same year that their son Benjamin died in 2020. Since their divorce, Lisa Marie has been married twice: first to Michael Jackson from 1994 to 1996, and then to Michael Lockwood from 2006 until their divorce in 2016.
Conclusion
Danny Keough was an integral part of the life of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, being her first husband whom she was married to from 1988 to 1994. Sadly, their son Benjamin Keough recently passed away by suicide at the age of 27 in Calabasas, California. Despite this tragic event, Danny Keough’s legacy will live on as a loving father and significant figure in Presley’s life.
