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Albert King wasn't my brother in blood, but he sure was my brother in Blues
B. B. King
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B. B. King
Age: 89 †
Born: 1925
Born: September 16
Died: 2015
Died: May 14
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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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