Patty King and Karen Williams, two daughters of B.B. King accused LaVerne Toney, King's business manager, and Myron Johnson, his personal assistant that his father that they gave B.B. foreign medication to induce diabetic shock and lead him to premature death. King and Williams said separte that LaVerne Toney Myron Johnson were seen giving medications, fluids and foreign substances to the musician.
A lawyer for King’s estate, Eric Brent Bryson called this accusation as "absolutely ridiculous" and "unfounded." He said to CNN that King had the best treatment possible from three doctors and 24-hour-a-day monitoring from three nursing assistants.
Riley B. King died May 14 in home hospice care in Las Vegas, aged 89.
King was married twice, first to Martha Lee in 1944, and later to Sue Hall in 1958. Both marriages ended in divorce without children. He had had 15 children, each with different woman. Eleven children are still living.
Patty King and Williams requested a toxicology analysis or autopsy be conducted to determine the cause of their father's death. The autopsy was conducted on 24 May, 10 days after King died.
Autopsy report showed that cause of death was Alzheimer’s disease, plus physical conditions including coronary disease, heart failure and the effects of type-2 diabetes.
"Unfortunately even musical icons die,” said King's laywer Bryson.
Clark county coroner John Fudenberg said that autopsy findings close official investigations of King’s death.
The legendary blues guitarist and singer was laid to rest in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 30, 2015.
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