KAREN PULFER FOCHT -Photojournalist

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B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center Expands

The B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center recently expanded the B.B. King exhibit to include the last decade of his life and his funeral. I was lucky enough to cover B.B. King many times in my career as a photojournalist in Memphis, Tennessee. A few of my images were chosen for the new exhibit. You can get a glimpse of the museum in the photo gallery below.

B.B. Kings Funeral procession down Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee in 2015.

Get a glimpse of B.B. King museum the day they celebrated the new exhibit opening in June of 2021. Hear B.B. King reflect on the blues during one of my interviews with him on his bus.

Before B.B. King died, I interviewed him for a project I did called What is the Blues and Who Gets To Do It? He was one of many I spoke to for the project. I used his perspective to lead into the project.