The blues
legend’s daughters say he was poisoned to death and have accused his longtime
manager of elder abuse. Her team says the claims are just a cheap money grab by
disgruntled kin.
It’s a battle that would
surely have B.B. King singing the blues.
Family members of the recently deceased blues
guitar legend continue to spar over control of his estate—and now, they’re
alleging King was the victim of foul play.
In affidavits filed shortly after his death on
May 14 at age 89, daughters Patty King and Karen Williams convey their
medically unsubstantiated suspicions that their father was poisoned.
In the identically worded affidavits, they
claim: “I believe my father was poisoned and that he was administered foreign
substances to induce his premature death. I believe my father was murdered.”
A preliminary autopsy conducted by the Clark
County Coroner’s Office showed no sign of homicide. King suffered from the
effects of aging and Type-2 diabetes, officials said.
The results of a full autopsy will take several
weeks, but the daughters’ accusations won’t prevent King’s burial, which
scheduled for Saturday in Indianola, Mississippi.
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