Posted on 05/01/2015 6:49:56 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
B.B. King Daughter Claims Elder Abuse Police Called in Dispute Over Care
Blues legend B.B. King's daughter believes he is being abused ... and called police Thursday to settle a dispute over whether he needed to be hospitalized. TMZ has learned there's a huge battle over B.B.'s care -- between his daughter Patty King and his longtime manager Laverne Toney. Patty, who lives with her father in Las Vegas ... tells us she wanted to take him to the hospital because his urine was orange and he wasn't eating. She claims Toney -- who has power of attorney over B.B. -- refused, so Patty called police. Responding officers called in paramedics, who agreed B.B. needed to be checked out by doctors.
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Nobody could match his stage presence.
Agreed. I've seen him many times.
A fun story... back in the early 80s I approached his piano player after the show. I asked him how the heck he got that sound out of his Fender Rhodes. He turned me on to "dyno-my-piano." I modified mine. Here's the sound.
It’s sad. Poor guy doesn’t deserve this at this stage of his life. I hope he can get good care now.
Love B.B. King - makes me sadder I didn’t get to see him when he came thru Colo Springs a few years back. God bless you B.B. I hope he gets called home soon so he doesn’t have to go thru a lot of suffering while this bickering goes on. I hate seeing that.
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