Born on September 16, 1925.
Died at the age of 89 on May 14, 2015.
Cause of Death: Vascular dementia / diabetes.
B.B. King was a part of the Greatest Generation demographic cohort.
B.B. King was not a boomer. The boomer generation started in 1945, whereas he was born in 1925.
That is a 20 year difference!
The "boomer" label is often applied to older people by mistake.
His real name was Riley B. King.
He had the star sign Virgo.
His Life Path Number was 6.
B.B. King was around 5 ft 10 inches tall. In centimeters, his height was 177 cm.
Statistically speaking, this means that he was slightly taller than the average American male. However, he was not tall by conventional standards.
In other words, he didn't stand out as being particularly tall.
See also: Celebrities who are 5 ft 10 inches.
If he were still alive today, he would be 99 years old.
He died 9 years, 11 months, and 29 days ago.
He was born on a Wednesday.
He died on a Thursday.
He died in May 2015, which was over 9 years ago.
To put that into perspective.
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