CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi bluesman Johnnie ‘Mr. Johnnie’ Billington, who described the music of his ancestors as hic calling and passion, has died. He was 77.

Officials with Delta Burial Funeral Home in Clarksdale say Billington, of Lambert, died Monday at a Clarksdale hospital from complications of a heart attack. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

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