Icon: Elvis pictured with wife Priscilla Presley and their daughter Lisa Marie, pictured in 1970 Schilling hired Lisa Marie as a secretary before becoming her manager for her pop career. His status as a key family friend was also shown when he spoke at Lisa Marie's memorial in Memphis on January 22, 2023. He supported Lisa Marie and Priscilla when they decided to support Baz Luhrmann's 2022 Oscar-nominated movie about the music legend. In 2015 Schilling officiated Riley's wedding to Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen at the Calistoga Ranch in California's Napa Valley. In 2006 he wrote a book about his bond with the King called Me and a Guy Named Elvis, which gave an insight into the highs and lows of his rock and roll legend friend. He became close with Priscilla during her six-year marriage to Elvis and has remained a friend to her since.Įlvis even asked Schilling to stay with the pair at Graceland before Priscilla gave birth to Lisa Marie in early 1968. Schilling became a trusted confidante and was part of Elvis's inner entourage, known as The Memphis Mafia, even acting as a stunt double in his movies. He was an energetic 12-year-old while the King of Rock and Roll was seven years his senior, but their close friendship lasted until the star's death in 1977. The talent manager, who repped acts like Jerry Lee Lewis and The Beach Boys, first became friends with Elvis playing football in Memphis in 1954. 'He has been a rock to all of them at many times and navigated them through the good and bad times.' Schilling (pictured in 1981) became a trusted confidante and was part of Elvis's inner entourage, known as The Memphis Mafia, even acting as a stunt double in his movies He likes to stay in the background on these matters, but cares deeply for Riley and Priscilla. 'He was pivotal in the family working now to make a long-term peace. 'He has maintained dialogue and cordial conversation between the ladies and other family members. 'Jerry was always adamant that things could be worked out rather than exploding into a big legal war,' the insider told. The insider told that Elvis's long-term pal Schilling has been 'doing his best to ease the family through their fall-out after Lisa Marie's passing.' Just days after Lisa Marie's memorial, Priscilla's lawyers filed a petition questioning the 'authenticity and validity' of the amendment, sparking the courtroom battle.īut lawyers for Elvis's ex and Keough announced Tuesday at a Los Angeles probate court that the two had 'reached a settlement.' The conflict arose over a 2016 amendment Lisa Marie made to her living trust, ousting her former business manager and Priscilla as trustees and instead giving control to Keough and Benjamin, Lisa Marie's son who died in 2020 age 27. And clearly his efforts worked.'Īfter Lisa Marie's sudden death in January, a legal war was waged between her mother Priscilla, 77, and oldest daughter, Riley, 33, star of the Amazon Prime hit show Daisy and the Six. 'Jerry was the one listening to both women and pushing for reconciliation away from court. 'He was the one who kept the conversations going between the two women while the lawyers were doing their thing. 'Jerry holds a really unique status in that family,' the Vegas source said. He is pictured second from left with the late rock and roll icon, Sonny West, and President Richard Nixon in 1970 Sources tell, Schilling, who was a member of Elvis's 'Memphis Mafia' and remains a lifelong close friend to the Presley family, worked to ease tensions between the pair and helped them reach an agreement.
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