LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Michael Jackson knew `` exactly how his fate would be played out '' and feared his death would echo that of Elvis Presley , Lisa Marie Presley wrote in an online blog posted Friday morning . Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 . Presley says , `` I loved him very much '' and believes he loved her . Presley -- the daughter of Elvis , the `` King of Rock , '' and the ex-wife of Jackson , the `` King of Pop '' -- wrote on her MySpace page that she wanted `` to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once . '' Her publicist confirmed Presley wrote the blog . She said her short marriage to Jackson -- from May 1994 until January 1996 -- `` was not ' a sham ' as is being reported in the press , '' but she divorced him because she was `` in over my head in trying '' to save Jackson `` from the inevitable , which is what has just happened . '' Jackson talked with her about his death during `` a deep conversation '' 14 years ago about `` the circumstances of my father 's death . '' Watch more from Presley on Jackson » . `` At some point he paused , he stared at me very intensely and he stated with an almost calm certainty , ' I am afraid that I am going to end up like him , the way he did , ' `` Presley wrote . `` I promptly tried to deter him from the idea , at which point he just shrugged his shoulders and nodded almost matter of fact as if to let me know , he knew what he knew and that was kind of that . '' That conversation haunted Presley as she watched television coverage of Jackson 's death Thursday , she said . `` I am sitting here watching on the news [ as ] an ambulance leaves the driveway of his home , the big gates , the crowds outside the gates , the coverage , the crowds outside the hospital , the cause of death and what may have led up to it and the memory of this conversation hit me , as did the unstoppable tears , '' she wrote . `` A predicted ending by him , by loved ones and by me , but what I did n't predict was how much it was going to hurt when it finally happened . '' Elvis Presley collapsed in the bathroom of his Memphis , Tennessee , mansion -- Graceland -- on August 16 , 1977 , at the age of 42 . While his death was ruled the result of an irregular heartbeat , the autopsy report was sealed amid accusations that abuse of prescription drugs caused the problem . `` As I sit here overwhelmed with sadness , reflection and confusion at what was my biggest failure to date , watching on the news almost play by play the exact scenario I saw happen on August 16 , 1977 , happening again right now with Michael ( A sight I never wanted to see again ) just as he predicted , I am truly , truly gutted , '' she wrote . `` I wanted to 'save him ' , '' she wrote . `` I wanted to save him from the inevitable , which is what has just happened . '' `` The hardest decision I have ever had to make , which was to walk away and let his fate have him , even though I desperately loved him and tried to stop or reverse it somehow , '' Presley wrote . Their marriage , which some suggested was only to help Jackson 's image , was real , she said . `` It was an unusual relationship , yes , where two unusual people who did not live or know a 'normal life ' found a connection , perhaps with some suspect timing on his part , '' she wrote . `` Nonetheless , I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much . '' Presley called Jackson `` an incredibly dynamic force and power that was not to be underestimated . '' `` When he used it for something good , it was the best and when he used it for something bad , It was really , REALLY bad , '' she wrote . Presley 's blog entry ended with a thank you to those who would read it . `` I really needed to say this right now , thanks for listening . '' Presley 's blog can be found online at http : //bit.ly/5wR7p .
Jackson , Presley were married the age of 42 . She says Jackson feared he would die like her father , Lisa-Marie Presley . Jackson says their marriage was not `` a sham '' as press has said . `` I wanted to save him from the inevitable , '' she says .