Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  (CNN) A kpọgara B.B. King n'ụlọọgwụ maka akpịrị ịkpọ nkụ, ọ bụ ezie na ọrịa ahụ emeghị ka ọ nọrọ ogologo oge. Ọ bụ ọrịa shuga Ụdị nke Abụọ kpatara akpịrị ịkpọ nkụ nke King, ma ọ "dị nnọọ mma", ka nwa ya nwanyị, bụ́ Claudette King, gwara akwụkwọ akụkọ bụ́ Los Angeles Times. Onye egwu egwu egwu na onye egwu egwu weputara nkwupụta na-ekele ndị kwupụtara nchegbu ha. "Ahụ adịla m mma nke ukwuu ma na-ahapụ ụlọ ọgwụ taa", King kwuru n'ozi na Tuesday. Angela Moore, onye mgbasa ozi nke Claudette King, kwuru mgbe e mesịrị n'ụbọchị ahụ na ọ nọ n'ụlọ na-ezu ike ma soro ụmụ ụmụ ya na-anọkọ. "Ọ nọ na-alụ ọgụ tupu, ọ bụkwa onye na-eme ihe nkiri", ka Moore kwuru. "Ọ gaghị eme ka ndị na-akwado ya nwee nkụda mmụọ". Enweghị ozi ọzọ gbasara ọnọdụ King maọbụ ebe a na-agwọ ya. B.B. bụ mkpụmkpụ maka Blues Boy, akụkụ nke aha o ji mee ihe dị ka onye na-egwu egwú na Memphis, Beale Street Blues Boy. A nabatara ya n'ụlọ ezumezu Rock and Roll Hall of Fame n'afọ 1987, ma nwee aha Grammy iri atọ. King, dị afọ 89, ejirila ụdị guitar Gibson dị iche iche mee ihe n'afọ ndị gafeworonụ, ma kpọọ nke ọ bụla n'ime ha Lucille. N'afọ ndị 1980, Gibson kwụsịrị nọmba ihe nlereanya na guitar ọ na-eji eme ihe na nke ikpeazụ. Ọ ghọrọ ihe nlereanya e ji aka mee nke aha ya bụ Lucille, bụ́ nke e mere nanị maka "Eze Blues". Ụfọdụ n'ime egwu ya gụnyere "The Thrill Is Gone", nke mere ka o nweta Grammy mbụ ya na 1970, "There Must be a Better World Somewhere" na "When Love Comes to Town", nke ya na U2 rụkọrọ ọrụ. N'afọ gara aga, onye na-egwu blues ahụ tara ahụhụ site na nkụnwụ na ike ọgwụgwụ mgbe egosịrị na Chicago, na-amanye ya ịkagbu ihe fọdụrụ na njem ya. Greg Botelho na Sonya Hamasaki nke CNN nyere aka n'akụkọ a.
B.B. King apụọla n'ụlọọgwụ ma lọta n'ụlọ. Bluesman tara ahụhụ site na akpịrị ịkpọ nkụ na ike ọgwụgwụ mgbe ihe ngosi 2014 na Chicago. B.B. bụ mkpụmkpụ maka Blues Boy, akụkụ nke aha o ji mee ihe dị ka onye na-egwu egwu Memphis.