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Thousands view B.B. King on eve of Mississippi funeral
An image of B.B. King playing guitar as is seen as mourners line up outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015 to attend a public wake for the blues legend. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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A woman dances outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center during a public wake for blues legend B.B. King in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners leave after paying their respect during a public wake for blues legend B.B. King at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners line up outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015 to attend a public wake for the blues legend. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners play music as they wait outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015 to attend a public wake for the blues legend. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners line up outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015 to attend a public wake for the blues legend. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners line up outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015 to attend a public wake for the blues legend. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners walk in line to pay their respect during a public wake for blues legend B.B. King at the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Mourners line up outside the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi, on May 29, 2015 to attend a public wake for the blues legend. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respect to King, who died on May 14 at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.
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Blues guitarist Buddy Guy says he always intended to tour the B.B. King Museum while its namesake, his longtime friend, was still living.
The 78-year-old Guy was among more than 4,000 people who filed past King's open casket at the museum Friday, the eve of the blues legend's funeral in the Mississippi Delta.
"His left hand was a special effect," Guy said, describing King's talent for bending strings to make the guitar sing.
King was 89 when he died May 14 at his home in Las Vegas. A public viewing and invitation-only memorial service were held in that city before his body was flown to Memphis, Tennessee, for a tribute Wednesday.
He will be buried at B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center in his hometown of Indianola, Mississippi.
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