Legendary guitarist B.B. King died Thursday at home in Las Vegas according to his attorney. King brought Mississippi Delta blues to the mainstream…
B.B. King's death has been attributed to a series of small strokes due to his long battle with type 2 diabetes, the official medical term being multi-infarct dementia. Related. B.B. King, blues legend, dies at 89. EW confirmed the cause of death of the
B.B.King — the long-reigning king of the blues — died Thursday night at the age of 89. From the release of his first single in 1949 to his final concerts more than 60 years later, King brought a pure, raw expression of the blues to countless fans
King's influence on American music can't be overstated. Through his dirt-road voice and exuberant guitar work (often on his famed favorite Gibson guitar Lucille), King brought the blues to mainstream audiences. You can read The New York Times' obituary
American blues great B.B. King died Thursday in Las Vegas at the age of 89. King played many guitars over the years, and all of them were named "Lucille." AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And now, we mark the passing of blues great B.B. King. A Mississippi native