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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 14 May 2015

      'King of the Blues' legend B B King dies in Las Vegas aged 89, his lawyer sayshttp://bbc.in/1A5keO2 

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      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 14 May 2015

      Blues legend B B King, who's died aged 89, was a former farmhand who won 15 Grammy awards http://bbc.in/1Pn6xB9 pic.twitter.com/5W62taGCaY

      11:44 PM - 14 May 2015
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        2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 15 May 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          "The blues has lost its king & America has lost a legend" - Barack Obama's tribute to BB King http://bbc.in/1Pn6xB9 pic.twitter.com/j8xoTDkI9m

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        2. DUDE‏ @Moviemagician1 14 May 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking I THINK TWEETERS SHOULD GIVE A MOMENT AT MIDNIGHT TO B B KING! THE MAN EARNED THE WORLD RESPECT THE THRILL IS GONE FOREVER.

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        1. Vic Livingston‏ @scrivener50 14 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking Blues Boy's 1st hit-man had TONE... check out the early pix, too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPeTtg3fTB8 …

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        1. Vic Livingston‏ @scrivener50 14 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking Blues Boy's first hit, 1950 - great tone with great pix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPeTtg3fTB8 …

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        1. Cris‏ @crsadun 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking #bbking All good things come to an end. When we are lucky, some last long - thx B.B. for all the music. The thrill's not gone.

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        1. Joe Martoccia‏ @JoeMartoccia 14 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking @PetitaWiles very sad, one of the finest ever with Hendrix and Buddy Guy

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        1. Luis Rodriguez‏ @taximan29 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking a legend has departed but BB your music lives forever.

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        2. rockhard‏ @rockhardorsoft 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking @TheUniverseSaid wow, im crushed, saw BB a few years ago with jeff beck opening, bb blew beck off the stage

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        3. rockhard‏ @rockhardorsoft 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking @TheUniverseSaid if you know anything about guitar playing, you know upstaging jeff beck is a hard thing to do

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        1. Cynthialee yatsko‏ @Cynthia29895624 23 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking @FrancisFais777. @Cynthia29895624. Met him twice so kind to me.

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        1. Charlie Foote‏ @da0d1e99097041d 18 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking

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        1. Odd Ivar lågøen‏ @oddislagoen 17 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking

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        1. rick‏ @rsublett_rick 16 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking so many memories so many songs so to soon gone when music was music from the soul R.I.P.B.B.KING U DID YOUR PART THANK YOU

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        1. baron j dube‏ @jabula2020 16 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking sad day for blues lovers.

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        1. Lyn gisha‏ @lyngisha 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking Rip

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        1. Susan Oyer‏ @SusanOyer 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking enjoyed his show at @SunFestFL in @westpalmbch years ago

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        1. Odd Ivar lågøen‏ @oddislagoen 15 May 2015
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          @BBCBreaking best man ever!!

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