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May 26, 2016 · King was 89 when he succumbed to congestive heart failure in his Las Vegas home and died peacefully in his sleep on May 14, 2015. The year since then has been decidedly less peaceful. While ...
Jul 19, 2022 · Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925 (he later changed his stage name to B.B., meaning "Blues Boy") to two plantation workers in Itta Bena, Mississippi.According to the Academy of Achievement, King's parents separated while the boy was only five, at which point his mother moved them to another town in the state, Kilmichael.
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Website. bbking.com. Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric ...
May 16, 2015 · He was 31. Brad Barket/Getty Images. Blues legend B.B. King, who helped bring blues from the margins to the mainstream, died May 14 in Las Vegas, according to his daughter Patty King. Two weeks ...
Sep 16, 2015 · Giants never grow old and die, at least in fables. But B.B. King, a giant of the electric guitar and the leading figure in blues, who surely had a fabled life, died on May 14 at age 89 from a series of strokes stemming from the type 2 diabetes that he’d battled for decades. “When I die,” King told me in 1998, “I’d like to be ...
May 15, 2015 · Blues legend BB King has died in Las Vegas at age 89, his lawyer says. BB King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while ...
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Sep 2, 2021 · The renowned bluesman, who died in 2015, spoke to Fresh Air in 1996 about growing up as the son of a sharecropper — and leaving the plantation as a young man to pursue a career in music.
