BB King Photo by Damien Loverso

Watch The Funeral of B.B. King #VIDEO

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on May 31, 2015

Mississippi Public Broadcasting originally streamed and has now posted the video of the funeral of blues great B.B. King.

The full stream last 3-1/2 hours with the actual service starting at about the 12 minute mark.

King died on May 14 after a series of mini-strokes. A memorial was held last week in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas before his body was moved back to Mississippi where he will be buried.

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