POP/ROCK - May 2, 1990

B.B. King Loses the Illness Blues: Blues legend B.B. King left a Las Vegas hospital in good spirits, and was “asking for his guitar” after being hospitalized over the weekend due to high blood sugar. King, who had to cancel performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival over the weekend, returned to his Las Vegas home for two weeks of recuperation. Officials said King would appear as scheduled May 13 to receive an honorary doctor’s degree at Rhodes College in Memphis.