American singer, songwriter, and performer, and daughter of legendary singer Nat “King” Cole, Natalie Maria Cole has died.
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I never had the chance to see Ms. Cole live, but like so many of us, I was inspired and touched by her music, noteably “Unforgettable…with love” one of my favorite records of hers.
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Natalie Cole had battled drug problems and hepatitis that forced her to undergo a kidney transplant in May 2009.
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Sullivan added, “I suppose a near-term fix is to just send messages to this account – my personal account – and I will check it more frequently”.
Cole is perhaps best known for her 1991 multiple Grammy victor “Unforgettable: With Love”, which became the biggest hit of her career, selling more than 6 million copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Unforgettable…With Love saw Natalie cover the music of her father and included the hit Unforgettable, a duet with her late-father that went to number 14 on the Hot 100, 10 on the R&B and 3 on the Adult Contemporary charts.
Tragically her father died before Natalie began her solo career, but she continued to soar to success. “I think of him every time I sing”, she said. If it doesn’t fit, I don’t force it. When it works, it takes on a life of its own and you’re comfortable right away.
But in her 2000 autobiography, “Angel on My Shoulder”, Cole discussed how she had battled heroin, crack cocaine and alcohol addiction for many years.
Cole, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, wrote a pair of memoirs and starred in a 2001 made-for-TV movie Livin’ For Love: The Natalie Cole Story.
“I remember meeting Peggy Lee, Danny Thomas, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and so many others at parties”, she told The Wall Street Journal in 2014. Her hit “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” earned her the 1975 Grammy for best female R&B vocal performance.
In 1983, she spent several months at the Hazelden Clinic in Minnesota and, with her health intact, released her come-back album, Dangerous, in 1985.
‘I am sorry to hear about Natalie Cole’s passing. Despite chemotherapy, both kidneys failed, and in 2009, she went public with a request for a kidney donation.
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In a 2008 interview with The Times, she spoke about an illness that caused fluid-filled lungs and rapidly deteriorating kidneys. “She represented the Cole legend of excellence and class quite well”.
