One of the great masters of blues guitar is dead. B.B. King died late Thursday at the age of 89.
B.B. King Remembered
![Blues legend B.B. King, left, performs with Bo Diddley at the second anniversary celebration of B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill in New York, June 20, 2002.](https://gdb.voanews.com/082F0BB4-F67D-409F-8B43-BE7BB1D1132F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Blues legend B.B. King, left, performs with Bo Diddley at the second anniversary celebration of B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill in New York, June 20, 2002.
![Blues legend B.B. King listens as electric guitar inventor Les Paul plays King's signature "Lucille" guitar during a jam session at the third anniversary celebration of the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York's Times Square, June 17, 2003.](https://gdb.voanews.com/B5D2D9F5-8095-46A0-AF1B-990EF9D81F7A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Blues legend B.B. King listens as electric guitar inventor Les Paul plays King's signature "Lucille" guitar during a jam session at the third anniversary celebration of the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill in New York's Times Square, June 17, 2003.
![President Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Blues Musician B.B. King, center, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 15, 2006.](https://gdb.voanews.com/36F07B88-D2FE-4D07-90A9-C398D6EF46AF_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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President Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Blues Musician B.B. King, center, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Dec. 15, 2006.
![B.B. King gestures to the crowd before receiving an honorary Doctor of Music degree during Brown University's 239th Commencement in Providence, R.I., May 27, 2007.](https://gdb.voanews.com/31319809-52C1-4F5A-9681-41C6EAEC8194_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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B.B. King gestures to the crowd before receiving an honorary Doctor of Music degree during Brown University's 239th Commencement in Providence, R.I., May 27, 2007.