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Singer Natalie Cole Dead At 65

R&B singer Natalie Cole, whose hits included “This Will Be” and “Unforgettable”, a virtual duet that she sang with her late father Nat King Cole, has died.

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Publicist Maureen O’Connor told The Associated Press Cole died Thursday night.


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Quoting her most identifiable song, the family said: “Our beloved mother and sister will be greatly missed and remain UNFORGETTABLE in our hearts forever”.

“Unforgettable” and the album it came from earned Cole three of her nine Grammy Awards.

Spin magazine reported that Cole struggled with substance abuse issues over the years and faced liver disease and Hepatitis C.

Cole, the daughter of legendary crooner Nat King Cole, broke out in 1975 with her hit single “This Will Be”. A few years later, I had the honor of actually singing it with her on stage. It won Album of the Year and sold more than 7 million copies.

Her career was inextricably linked to that of her father.

Natalie Cole grew up in Los Angeles’ posh Hancock Park neighborhood, where her parents had settled in 1948 despite animosity from some white residents about having the black singer as a neighbor. On the film side, she most recently appeared in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely, and had a lead role in made-for-TV movie Lily in Winter. She ultimately ended up receiving a kidney transplant from an organ donor.

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Cole continued to have hits through the rest of the 70’s but, as the 80’s dawned, her drug addiction began to take a toll and, in 1983, she reportedly entered a rehab facility for six months.

Natalie Cole attends the 2014 Angel Ball hosted by Gabrielle's Angel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday Oct. 20 2014 in New York