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Blues legend B.B. King resting at home in Las Vegas

FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 22, 2012, B.B. King performs at the 32nd annual B.B. King Homecoming, a concert on the grounds of an old cotton gin where he worked as a teenager in Indianola, Miss. The Blues legend King is telling fans he’s in hospice care at home in Las Vegas. The 89-year-old musician posted thanks to fans on his official website Friday, May 1, 2015, for well-wishes and prayers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 22, 2012, B.B. King performs at the 32nd annual B.B. King Homecoming, a concert on the grounds of an old cotton gin where he worked as a teenager in Indianola, Miss. The Blues legend King is telling fans he’s in hospice care at home in Las Vegas. The 89-year-old musician posted thanks to fans on his official website Friday, May 1, 2015, for well-wishes and prayers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File) FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 22, 2012, B.B. King performs at the 32nd annual B.B. King Homecoming, a concert on the grounds of an old cotton gin where he worked as a teenager in Indianola, Miss. The Blues legend King is telling fans he’s in hospice care at home in Las Vegas. The 89-year-old musician posted thanks to fans on his official website Friday, May 1, 2015, for well-wishes and prayers. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Blues legend B.B. King remains in hospice care at his Las Vegas home.

King’s longtime business manager, Laverne Toney, said Monday the musician was resting after returning from a hospital Friday.

Toney has legal control over King’s affairs.

The 89-year-old musician has posted thanks on his official website for fans’ well-wishes and prayers.

The hospitalization was the second in a month for King, who was diagnosed with diabetes decades ago.