Two of B.B. King's daughters are accusing two of their late father's closest aides of poisoning him. Not kidding. That's the word from Business Insider, which reports King's daughters Karen Williams and Patty King allege in documents that King's business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, raided his wealth and hastened his death by poisoning him. King died on May 14 at the age of 89 while receiving hospice care at his Las Vegas home. Both Williams and King have been very outspoken about the treatment their father received during his final days.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg did confirm that an autopsy was performed Sunday on King's embalmed body, and test results will take up to eight weeks to process. However, Fudenberg said Monday that there was no evidence "that these allegations of foul play will be substantiated." Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Steiber confirmed that homicide detectives are investigating.
Musings, observations, and written works from the publisher of Eckhartz Press, the media critic for the Illinois Entertainer, co-host of Minutia Men, Minutia Men Celebrity Interview and Free Kicks, and the author of "The Loop Files", "Back in the D.D.R", "EveryCubEver", "The Living Wills", "$everance," "Father Knows Nothing," "The Radio Producer's Handbook," "Records Truly Is My Middle Name", and "Gruen Weiss Vor".
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Was BB King Poisoned?
It sounds crazy, and it probably is, but that's the charge being made by BB's daughters. From this morning's RAMP Newsletter...