Investigating whether BB King was poisoned after denunciation of two of … – El Universal (Venezuela)

 THE UNIVERSAL
 

Tuesday May 26, 2015 10:39 a.m.

Washington .- The authorities of the state of Nevada (USA) investigated whether the death of BB King was a homicide, following a complaint by two of the daughters of the artist, who claim that the “king of the blues” was poisoned.

Although confirmed that an investigation be made, the county coroner of Clark, John Fudenberg, today told NBC that the initial results of the autopsy performed on King, who died on May 14 aged 89, have not provided “any evidence to substantiate” allegations of the daughters of the singer.

Fudenberg said that the full results of the autopsy are known in a period of between six and eight weeks.

Although so far no “evidence” of the alleged poisoning, “will conduct a thorough investigation and we are coordinating our efforts with the Homicide Division of the Metropolitan Police Department in Las Vegas, “he said.

Initially, authorities reported the death of the” king of the blues “it was caused by complications of diabetes that suffered for years.

But this weekend two of the daughters of singer Patty King and Karen Williams, filed two separate affidavits in which they claim to believe that his father “was killed”.

The two women claim that the artist was “poisoned” to “induce his untimely death” and accuse it to the representative of King, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson.

As one of the most influential artists of all time, King won 16 Grammys over 50 albums in nearly 60 year career and themes that marked time as Three O ‘ Clock Blues , The Thrill Is Gone and When Love Comes to Town , his celebrated collaboration with U2 Irish.