Coroner says BB King was not poisoned before he died
A Nevada coroner announced Monday that an autopsy of blues legend BB King shows the cause of death as Alzheimer's disease with other physical conditions, not poisoning, as two of his children alleged.
King died May 14 in Las Vegas at the age of 89, and Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg said that there were no signs of poisoning before he died of natural causes. Through an attorney, King's daughters Karen Williams and Patty King have said their father's business manager, LaVerne Toney, and personal assistant, Myron Johnson, were behind his death, The Associated Press reports. A lawyer for the King estate, Toney, and Johnson said the claims are libelous and defamatory.
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