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His life was the subject of the documentary "B.B. King: The Life of Riley" and the inspiration for the the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, which opened in Mississippi in 2008. King's enduring legacy came from his refusal to slow down even after cementing his status as an American music icon. |
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B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.†But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care. Although he kept performing well into his 80s,.... |
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LAS VEGAS — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89. His attorney, Brent Bryson, told The Associated Press that King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p. |
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two Texas assemblies have been added to the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of hate groups —Probe Ministries in Plano and Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Both are listed as anti-LGBT groups. According to the SPLC, a left-leaning think tank, "all hate groups have beliefs or practices that.... |
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But it had not always been so. Although he became certainly the most internationally recognisable blues brand name, the first 15 or so years of King’s career were marked by his audience consisting almost exclusively of American blacks. It was not until 1970 that “The Thrill is Gone”, which became a.... |
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"People all over the world have problems," he said. "And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die." Fellow travelers who took King up on that theory included Clapton, the British-born blues-rocker who collaborated with him on "Riding With the King," a best-seller that won a Grammy in 2000 for best traditional blues album. |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89. King's attorney Arthur Williams Jr. |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89. King’s attorney Arthur Williams Jr. |
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LAS VEGAS — B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.†But no one could play the blues like B.B. King, who died Thursday night at age 89 in Las Vegas, where he had been in hospice care. |
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By KEN RITTER Associated Press. LAS VEGAS (AP) - B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. He was 89. King's attorney Arthur Williams Jr. |
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Shearer, eh? We'll remember that name. It's all so Simpsons-esque, in its quick and cutting efficiency. A lawyer holding a briefcase and a terminated contract shows up, utters a few bureaucratic words, and suddenly, half of a community disappears. After tomorrow's season finale in the United States,.... |
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