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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.