Courtesy of Gustavo Escanelle

B.B. King dead at 89

15:00 May 15, 2015
By: Staff

Legendary "King of the Blues" Riley B. King - better know to the world as B.B. King - passed away Thursday evening at the age of 89. The Mississippi bluesman was in hospice care in Las Vegas, having recently suffered a bout of dehydration, according to a CNN report.

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