Riley B. King, the legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and economical, expressive style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, died Thursday night.
He was 89.
His daughter, Patty King, said he died in Las Vegas, where he announced two weeks ago that he was in home hospice care after suffering from dehydration.
Police investigating allegations B.B. King was poisone
Las Vegas homicide detectives have launched an investigation into circumstances surrounding B.B. King's death after two of the late blues legend's daughters accused his longtime business manager of poisoning the icon.
The Las Vegas Coroner and the guitar great's own physician recently revealed King died peacefully in his sleep at his Sin City home on 14 May after suffering a series of small strokes, but Karen Williams and Patty King believe their dad's representative, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, had something to do with his passing.
Police investigating allegations B.B. King was poisone
Las Vegas homicide detectives have launched an investigation into circumstances surrounding B.B. King's death after two of the late blues legend's daughters accused his longtime business manager of poisoning the icon.
The Las Vegas Coroner and the guitar great's own physician recently revealed King died peacefully in his sleep at his Sin City home on 14 May after suffering a series of small strokes, but Karen Williams and Patty King believe their dad's representative, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, had something to do with his passing.
