BB King, one of the greatest blues musicians of any era, died yesterday in Las Vegas. He had been in hospice care after suffering a heart attack earlier this year. The singer and guitarist, a Mississippi native, delivered over six decades of irrplaceable blues music; including Lucille, Live at the Regal, and his collaborative album […]
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B.B. King Enters Hospice Care Following Heart Attack
May 4th, 2015 Matthew Leimkuehler
There’s a different kind of heartache rippling around the blues community as reports surface regarding the unstable health of long-time blues guitar legend, B.B. King. King, 89, suffered a minor heart attack last week and returned to his home in Las Vegas over the weekend to enter hospice care. A statement to the Associated Press, […]