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Help American Blues Scene petition Google to officially create a Muddy Waters Google Doodle on April 4th — Muddy’s birthday! See Instructions Below! Google.com routinely alters its logo, usually for one day, to commemorate an act, birthday, or event of cultural impact and historical significance. This is called a Google Doodle. Please help us invite Google to acknowledge the worldwide cultural impact of Blues Music through a Doodle honoring one of its original and most transcendent heroes, Muddy Waters. Why does Muddy Waters deserve a Google Doodle?  Google already celebrates music’s historic impact on culture like the Birth of Hip Hop, Les Paul, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and Josephine…

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Here’s all of the facts we know: UPDATE May 26th: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has issued a statement, “Over the past 24 hours, local news media outlets have reported that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide section is investigating the death of B.B. King. These reports are incorrect.” UPDATE May 25th: Several news outlets have erroneously reported that the Beale Street Memorial and procession down Highway 61 to Indianola for King’s delta funeral would be cancelled or postponed. According to authorities, the autopsy shouldn’t delay King’s highly anticipated funeral in Memphis on Wednesday. Two of B.B. King’s daughters, who’ve publicly reported concerns…

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