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B.B. King’s Coroner Has Found No Evidence Of Poisoning

Bb kingI have previously discussed the allegations made by B.B. King’s children that the late musician was poisoned by his caretaker and long term manager LaVerne Toney.  A coroner in Las Vegas has recently conducted an autopsy on B.B. King and found no evidence of poisoning.  The Clark County Coroner, John Fudenberg, has determined that the musician’s cause of death was Alzheimer’s as well as other natural causes.  The ruling ends the investigation into the musician’s death.

See Associated Press, Coroner finds no evidence that B.B. King was poisoned before death, The Guardian, July 13, 2015.