Funeral of BB King in Mississippi

Blues pioneer BB King is being remembered in the Mississippi Delta as a man whose talent was equalled by his generous spirit.

Funeral of BB King in Mississippi

Blues pioneer BB King is being remembered in the Mississippi Delta as a man whose talent was equalled by his generous spirit.

King’s funeral is being held today in Indianola, the small town where he first gained attention as a young singer and guitarist who had already been a sharecropper and worked in a cotton gin.

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