B.B. King’s daughters, Karen Williams and Patty King, signed affidavits Sunday, May 24 claiming their father had been poisoned to death. Law enforcement launched a homicide investigation and the Clark County, Nevada, coroner performed an autopsy. The results will take eight weeks. King’s lawyer, Brent Bryson told the Daily News, “My guess is the children and grandchildren don’t like the fact he’s leaving them $3,000 and $5,000 each, and then leaving the rest to his lineage for education. B.B. did not have a very high formal education, and he wanted to have his lineage go to college, so he set up a trust that would pay for college and other expenses.”
He said three independent, board-certified doctors examined King, 89, before he died in his Las Vegas home May 14.
He adds, “There’s no basis in reality for these ridiculous allegations. They all stated he was receiving the utmost professional care at home, which is where Mr. King wanted to be. He didn’t want invasive treatment.”
King had 11 living children but gave his manager, Laverne Toney, power of attorney before he died and named her executor of his estate.
