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B.B. King, dead at 89
ABC news ^
| Michael Rothman
Posted on 05/15/2015 7:12:11 AM PDT by bk1000
Blues legend B.B. King has died at the age of 89.
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To: dfwgator
They probably don’t, I was riffing off the recent Maya Angelou stamp debacle.
To: Zionist Conspirator
I didn’t take offense, no apology needed.
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05/15/2015 8:55:57 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: .45 Long Colt
I heard on the radio this morning that he (BBKing) said the authentic Lucille was stolen from the trunk of a car some years back.
To: Blurb2350
WOW, I did not know that.
To: SMARTY
If you’d like to take that personally, you are perfectly welcome to. :)
Belligerence your schtick?
To: Blurb2350
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posted on
05/15/2015 9:08:57 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: .45 Long Colt
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posted on
05/15/2015 9:09:39 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: bk1000
Lucille is heartbroken.
RIP
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05/15/2015 9:09:40 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(All those in favor of gun control raise both hands!)
To: Boogieman
"Got a chance to see him about a decade ago, and he wasn’t looking good then, he had to sit in a chair for the whole gig, but man, he could still play!"
I saw him about the same time - maybe a bit more recently - and it was a similar thing. He sat most of the time, and I think his son carried about half of the show. I was thinking it was maybe time to put Lucille back in the guitar case, but entertainers like to entertain.
To: dfwgator
"I thought they didn’t do stamps of living people."
I don't think they're supposed to, and it used to be that you didn't name government buildings or Navy ships after living people, but I think those old rules are no longer enforced. I think the purpose of the rule was to avoid third-world type situations in which a person in power or a party in power starts naming things after the Dear Leader.
To: bk1000
He sure had a long life — 89! Rest easy, BB.
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posted on
05/15/2015 9:54:52 AM PDT
by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: Finny
He sure had a long life — 89! Rest easy, BB.And he made it to 89 despite having diabetes for years.
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posted on
05/15/2015 9:55:54 AM PDT
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dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Type 1 or Type 2, do you know? Either way ... just wow.
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posted on
05/15/2015 9:59:05 AM PDT
by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: bk1000
Everybody got the blues today.
RIP BB
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05/15/2015 10:12:50 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: cripplecreek
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05/15/2015 11:31:42 AM PDT
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xzins
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