NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Earl King, the prolific songwriter and guitarist responsible for some of the most enduring and idiosyncratic compositions in the history of R&B, died Thursday from diabetes-related complications, The Times-Picayune reported in Saturday's editions. He was 69
― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Sunday, 20 April 2003 09:11 (twenty-two years ago)