Courtesy of Gustavo Escanelle
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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