Late BB King’s Daughters Allege He Was Poisoned By Aides; Autopsy Conducted On His Body

A homicide investigation has been launched into the death of American singer and songwriter B.B. King following his daughters' appeal in the court. King's daughters, Patty King and Karen Williams alleged that there was foul play in their father's death.

"I believe my father was poisoned and that he was administrated foreign substances to induce his premature death," the daughters wrote in separate but identical affidavits, provided to The Associated Press by their lawyer, Larissa Drohobyczer."(I) request a formal investigation into this matter," the court documents added.

Following their daughter's request, an autopsy was performed on King's body on Sunday. The reports will be furnished after eight weeks. Clark County, Nevada's Coroner John Fudenberg told AFP that the new reports will not be affected by the fact that King's body is embalmed.

Fudenberg also added that the initial autopsy results on King's body found "no evidence to substantiate the allegations." The new developments in the case has resulted in the delay of King's funeral in his hometown of Memphis. King died at age 89 on May 14 in Las Vegas, where he had a home and worked until last year.

In the court papers, King's daughters have alleged that he was poisoned by his business manager Laverne Toney and his personal assistant Myron Johnson. The daughters also allege that the duo did not allow them to meet their father in his last days. None of the members of King's family were present at the time of his death.

Toney, who is also executor of King's estate, has dismissed the recent allegations. She told AP that the daughters have been "making allegations all along. What's new?" King's estate is worth “total tens of millions of dollars,” said AP. Toney worked for King for 39 years and also had power-of-attorney over his affairs.

B.B. King, whose real name was Riley B. King, was an American Hall of Fame blues singer and a self-taught guitarist. He lived his early life in extreme poverty and worked in cotton plantation. He lead a very active life and had a very successful music career, where he worked from the 1980s to his death in 2015. He married twice but fathered 15 children with several different women. By 2004, he was a proud grandfather to fifty kids.

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