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B.B. King At Center of Guardianship Battle

BB KingAs blues legend B.B. King is home hospice care after a brief hospital visit, one of his eleven surviving children is petitioning a Las Vegas court to give her and an executor guardianship over King’s money and medical decisions.  Currently, Laverne Toney, King’s longtime business manager, controls King’s legal affairs.  Toney is asserting that King would want to be at home.

See Ken Ritter, B.B. King Guardianship Fight Goes to Court, U.S. News & World Report, May 7, 2015.

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.