Report: Was B.B. KING Poisoned?
May 25, 2015, 9 years ago
According to The Associated Press, two B.B. King heirs who've been most outspoken about the blues legend's final days are accusing King's two closest aides of poisoning him.
Daughters Karen Williams and Patty King allege in documents provided by their lawyer to The Associated Press that King's business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, killed their father.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said Monday that an autopsy was performed Sunday on King's embalmed body, and test results will take up to eight weeks.
Read more at The Associated Press.
B.B. King died in Las Vegas at age 89 at 9:40 p.m. PDT Thursday, May 14th at his home in Las Vegas, NV.
King sold millions of records worldwide and was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
King played a Gibson guitar that he affectionately called Lucille and was not only the undisputed king of the blues but a mentor to scores of guitarists including Eric Clapton.
He was awarded his 15th Grammy in 2009 in the traditional blues album category for One Kind Favor.
