Priscilla Presley's new memoir reveals the real reason she left Elvis Presley - and offers insight into how the music legend was still a major part of her life even after their split. "I did not leave Elvis because I no longer loved him. I loved him as much on the day I left as on the day we married," Priscilla, now 80, wrote in Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis, published on Tuesday, September 23. "I left Elvis because I needed a life of my own. I was living his life. Just as Elvis was searching for the meaning of his life, I was searching for mine.