It’s no surprise that beautiful, ebony R&B Diva, Natalie Cole has proven herself to be such a great singer after being surrounded by singers in her early days in the form of her parents. Her father, Nat King Cole, was a great American singer and her mother, Maria Hawking Ellington, was an American jazz singer. The singing trait could also be seen in his extended family as his paternal uncle, Freddie Coe, was also a singer and pianist. Keep reading to find out more…

Biography of Natalie Cole

Natalie Maria Cole was born on February 6, 1950, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, to parents of American singer Nat King Cole and Maria Hawkins Ellington. She grew up in the upscale Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, surrounded by great musicians and exposed to many jazz, soul and blues singers. This explains how she was able to start at the beginning of her musical career. At the age of six she sang on her father’s Christmas album and began performing at the age of eleven.

Like every other child born to celebrity parents, Natalie had ups and downs growing up in childhood with her parents not having enough time for her, especially her father who traveled very often due to his career. musical before her death from cancer when she was only fifteen years old. His father’s absence left him with deep emotional scars and his relationship with his mother was no better, as soon after his father’s death, his relationship with his mother became really strained.

Her family later moved to Massachusetts where she attended the University of Massachusetts before transferring to the University of Southern California (USC). She then returned to the University of Massachusetts where she majored in child psychology, German and graduated in 1972.

Career and life of Natalie Cole

Her musical career began when she was featured on her father’s Christmas album and started performing from the age of 11. As an R&B singer, she has had so much success. It will be, inseparable, our love and others. She then entered pop, thus releasing her album. Eternal in 1987 and his cover of Bruce Springsteen’s Pink Cadillac.

The album Unforgettable… with love was his greatest success. It has sold over thirty million copies worldwide and won its seven Grammy Awards. It also won album of the year and record of the year. What’s special about this album is that the track “Unforgettable” was rendered in such a way that his father’s voice was used for the duet effect. She did it as a tribute to her late father.

His career didn’t just end in music; she also went into acting and appeared in films like the social drama Lily in Winter (1994), an autobiographical feature Livin’ for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000). She has also appeared infrequently on shows such as I’ll Fly Away, Grey’s Anatomy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and others.

Personal Life – Spouse, Son

Like other celebrities, Natalie had her share of unstable relationships having been married three times. She was first married to Marvin Jerome Yancy, songwriter, producer and gospel artist. Marvin started out as a member of an independent R&B vocal group in the 1970s, before being ordained as a Baptist minister. They divorced in 1980 and five years later Yancy died of a heart attack.

She would later marry AndréFisher, former drummer for the band Rufus and also a record producer, in 1989, ended in 1995. In 2001, she married her third husband, Bishop Kenneth Dupree. This union lasted only three years before the divorce in 2004.

Natalie Cole’s marriage to her first husband, Marvin Yancy was blessed with her son, Robert Adam Yancy, born in October 1977. He was an accomplished drummer before he died of coronary heart disease on August 14, 2017, at the age 39 years old. This happened twenty months after the death. from his mother, Natalie Cole.

Drug problems

Natalie had so many battles with drug addiction and heroin use. Her involvement in drugs began when she began performing at various nightlife establishments; the absence of his parents early in his life also contributed to his drug use.

She was on drugs while in college and it was such a shame that she once refused to evacuate a burning building. She was arrested once in Toronto, Canada, when she was found in possession of heroin in 1975. Her drug use endangered not only her life, but also those close to her, especially her son, Robert , who nearly drowned in the pool at their home. while she was on a drug binge. She then entered drug treatment in 1983.

Death and cause of death

In 2008, Natalie announced that she had been diagnosed with hepatitis C, a liver disease that is spread through contact with infected blood. The illness was attributed to his past involvement with drugs. She explained that she had lived with the disease for twenty-five years and that anyone who handles drugs, especially needles, is at high risk of suffering the same fate.

While undergoing treatment for the disease, she was also diagnosed with kidney failure and had to undergo dialysis three times a week for nine months. In May 2009, she appealed for a kidney donor on The Larry King Show. December 31, 2015 was her last day on earth as she was pronounced dead at the age of 65 while being admitted to Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

With all of his involvement with drugs and other health issues, it won’t be easy to pin down the cause of his death. Her family members said she was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension after her kidney transplant in 2009. Maureen O’Connor, her publicist, also confirmed she died of congestive heart failure