This year is especially bittersweet after Robbie’s death so soon after Natalie’s.” (Another sister, Carole “Cookie” Cole, an actress and music producer, died in 2009 at age 64 ...

Maria sang with Duke Ellington before marrying Nat. Natalie, their second child, was born on February 6, 1950. Cole told Working Mother that her childhood was filled with music that her mom and dad ...

Natalie died of complications from an ongoing ... it is the time we most vividly remember our father [Nat King Cole], his music, and our early holiday traditions,” says Timolin.

Though she was the daughter of a jazz icon, Natalie Cole carved out her own unique space in the music industry, bridging ...