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B.B. King and town of Kilmichael honored with marker on blues trail

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The town of Kilmichael and Blues legend B.B. King will be honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail.

The "Kilmichael: Roots of B.B. King" marker will be unveiled Tuesday afternoon in Kilmichael.

A news release from the Mississippi Development Authority says King was born in the Delta, fifty miles west of Kilmichael in 1925.

The blues legend spent many of his formative years in Kilmichael during the 1930's and '40s before achieving stardom.

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