May 27, 2015 · By his own estimate, B.B. King had 15 children by 15 women, none of them his wives. Now, two of his daughters are claiming he was poisoned.

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Dec 22, 2024 · While his music touched the hearts of millions, his personal life was marked by multiple marriages and an astounding number of children. He was married twice, with his second wife, Sue Carol Hall, capturing the most attention. Together, they had 15 children, who are an integral part of King’s legacy.

May 26, 2016 · While neither of King’s two marriages resulted in children, he managed to leave behind a vast family: 15 kids from 15 women. If that family history weren’t complex enough, King’s authorized...

Jan 2, 2023 · B.B. King family, wife, and children. King was married twice: from November 1946 to 1952 to Martha Lee Denton and from 1958 to 1966 to Sue Carol Hall. Reports claim he had 15 children with different women.

Riley B. King was born on September 16, 1925, between Itta Bena and Indianola, Mississippi. His parents split up when he was a small child, and he lived for a few years with his mother in the Mississippi hills. She died when he was nine, and he was alone until his father, Albert King, found him a few years later.

Apr 2, 2014 · A singer and guitarist born into a sharecropping family on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bena, Mississippi, King became one of the best-known blues performers, an important consolidator of blues...

Oct 24, 2003 · B.B. King was born Riley B. King in Itta Bena, Mississippi on September 16, 1925. His parents, Nora Ella and Albert L. King were sharecroppers on a cotton plantation. As a child, his guitar playing reverend introduced him to gospel music.

Dec 31, 2022 · The charismatic guitarist and singer B.B. King (born Riley B. King on September 16, 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi) passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2015 in Las Vegas after spending more than six decades introducing audiences to electric blues.

Riley B. King, better known by his stage name “B.B. King” is a famous African American blues musician. He was born on September 16, 1925 on a cotton plantation in Mississippi, to Albert King and Nora Ella Farr. His father left the family when King was very young, and his mother remarried shortly after, so he was raised by his maternal grandmother.