Singer Natalie Cole Dead at 65

In 2010, the Society of Singers awarded her the Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions towards music. She was also nominated for an Emmy in 1992 for a TV performance of her dad's music. Natalie was their first biological child.

Arsenio Hall recalls naming his bass guitar Natalie.

A year ago, Freddy Cole spoke warmly about his brother and his own musical career.

Cole continued to record and perform live up until her death.

The Chicago mayor's office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white officer fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, newly released... At a concert in Atlanta in June, Cole sang a "" with her father, crooning "Unforgettable" along with the original vocals. "They were looking for an Aretha Franklin - and they got a Natalie Cole!". "With Love", an album that - thanks to the wonder of technology - included a duet with her father on one of his biggest hits, "Unforgettable". By age 11, she was performing alongside him on his television show.

Nat "King" Cole died of lung cancer in 1965. She studied Psychology in college at the University of MA and sang in clubs on weekends. She is survived by one son, Robert Adam "Robbie" Yancy.

Born February 6, 1950, Cole first attained chart success in the 1970s, with R&B and funk chart hits like 1975's #1 singles "This Will Be" and "Inseparable", and 1978's "". She did not just battle being a minority in media, which is hard enough, but a longtime addiction to drugs. She documented these struggles in her 2000 autobiography, "Angel On My Shoulder". She'd suffered with numerous health issues recently, including hepatitis C. Cole suffered kidney damage as a result of treatments for hepatitis C, and received a transplant in 2009.

She leaves behind a legacy that will be impossible to forget.

. In 2015, she had canceled appearances citing medical reasons.

Whatever life threw at Natalie Cole, she kept coming back. "You can go through turbulent times and still have victory in your life".

Cole also graced the small screen throughout her career, appearing in "Law & Order", "Grey's Anatomy" and "Touched By an Angel".

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