Blues legend BB King dies at age 89 - CNN
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... Even with a long list of honors to his name -- a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, a Presidential Medal of Freedom -- he maintained a relentless touring schedule well into his 80s. Throughout his career, King... Whether he was sharing the stage with U2 on "When Loves Comes to Town" -- a scene memorialized in the 1988 concert film "Rattle and Hum" -- or playing in the East Room of the White House with Buddy Guy, Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck and others, King's... King was born on September 16, 1925, on a cotton plantation between Indianola and what is now Itta Bena, Mississippi. In his youth, he played on street corners for dimes, saying he earned more in one night singing on the corner than he did in one week working in the cotton field. Source: www.cnn.com
