BB King Dies at 89

Legendary Blues singer BB King is dead. The blues singer died at his Las Vegas home at the age of 89 and has been confirmed by his lawyer.
Brent Bryson told the AP that the Blues legend, famous for hits such as "My Lucille" and "Sweet Little Angel" passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, May 14, in his own home.
King, who started life as a Mississippi farmhand, sold millions of records worldwide. He played a Gibson guitar which he named Lucille, and was a mentor to a whole generation of guitarists such as Eric Clapton and U2's Bono.
A winner of 15 Grammy Awards (his last gong was awarded in 2009 for his traditional blues album One Kind of Favor), King was inducted into both the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Once ranked as the third greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone (behind only Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman), King had been hospitalized recently with a diabetes-related illness.