Here’s a latest and very sad news that B.B. King ‘the King of Blues’ has died in his sleep at the age of 89. B.B. King, “the King of the Blues,” whose stinging guitar solos and husky, full-throated vocals made him an international music icon and the most commercially successful performer in blues history, died late Thursday in Las Vegas. B.B. He was born on 16 September, 1925. King was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He had announced on May 1 that he had entered hospice care after being in poor health for some time. Mr. King, known for hits such as Sweet Black Angel and Rock Me Baby, died at 9:40pm last night in his Las Vegas home.
B.B. King, ‘King of Blues’ Died at 89
Singer-guitarist B.B. King, the “King of the Blues” who helped define his genre’s electrified postwar sound and became the music’s best-known international ambassador, has died. He was 89. Born Riley B. King in Berclair, Miss., he took up the guitar at age 12. As a boy, he picked cotton and later, in nearby Indianola, he labored as a tractor driver for $22.50 a week. The winner of 15 Grammy Awards, the most in the blues genre, Mr. King achieved his success despite having only one Top Twenty single, “The Thrill Is Gone,” which reached number 15 on the pop charts in 1970. He was recently admitted to hospital with high blood pressure and a diabetes-related illness, having lived with the illness for over 30 years and often campaigned for greater awareness of the disease. He had 15 biological and adopted children. Family members say 11 survive.
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