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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/b-b-king-dead-89-daily-news-appreciation-article-1.2223100B.B. King dead at 89: The man who brought blues to the American mainstream and always remained active
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Friday, May 15, 2015, 2:08 AM Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015, 8:56 AM A A A
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B.B. King on stage at the April 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden.
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B.B. King on stage at the April 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden.
B.B. King was quick to tell anyone who asked that he was not the most skilled bluesman of the 20th century.
But no one did more to spread the blues into the American mainstream than Riley “Blues Boy” King, whose death in Las Vegas at the age of 89 was announced early Friday morning.
The cause of death has not been revealed, though he had been suffering from slowly debilitating infirmities for several years.
B.B. KING, BLUES GUITARIST WHOSE SOUND DEFINED MUSIC FOR GENERATIONS, DEAD AT 89
