On Jan. 12, 2023, news sites reported that Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of famed American musician Elvis Presley, had died. In the hours following the news, some conspiratorial Twitter users began to speculate that the cause of Presley's death at the age of 54 was a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot.

However, these rumors were completely baseless, as there was absolutely no credible evidence to support these claims.

'Died Suddenly' Claims

Just 36 minutes after The Associated Press (AP) had published on Twitter the news of Presley's death, conservative commentator Tomi Lahren tweeted, "A lot of heartbreaking sudden deaths from heart issues lately. I wonder what it could possibly be. Perhaps we should investigate this trend…"

Other Twitter users noticed the timing of Lahren's tweet and that she appeared to be referring to the news of Presley's death.

Lahren's tweet played on the "died suddenly" conspiracy theory, which falsely claims COVID-19 vaccines had been causing "sudden deaths." Other Twitter users promoted the same unsupported claim about Presley's death, too.

We debunked two rumors about the "died suddenly" claims in the past, as did Reuters, the AP, FactCheck.org, USA Today, PolitiFact, and AFP, just to name a few.

Lisa Marie Presley's Cause of Death

According to AP, the only currently known details about Presley's cause of death was that she had suffered a "full cardiac arrest":

The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that Lisa...

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