The daughter of jazz legend Nat the “King” Cole went out. The singer, who had health problems including complications after a kidney transplant, died Thursday at age 65 in a Los Angeles hospital, his family said Friday. “Natalie led a fierce and courageous battle, dying as she lived – with dignity, strength and honor,” his family said in a statement.
Speaking of his most famous song, Unforgettable (unforgettable), which is a tribute and a recovery of his father, the family says “our dear mother and sister will be missed and will forever remain unforgettable in our hearts. ” Unlike many artists of his generation, Natalie Cole grew up in Los Angeles in a rather wealthy background. Nat “King” Cole has never seen his daughter succeed him onstage because he died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 45, when his daughter was a teenager.
A closely related to the career of his father
As long career of Natalie Cole is very closely linked to that of his father. She began performing in clubs posing as her daughter but just to break into the R & amp; B, choosing a much more modern than his father. After exploring the blues, soul and pop, she returned to the paternal jazz.
She knows his biggest success in 1991 with the album Unforgettable … With Love. The album won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1992 and since sold 7 million copies in the United States. A video of the ceremony shows her virtually duet with his father, who appears in a posthumous video by his side.
Natalie has already made a name in 1975 with the title This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) and the album (and title) Inseparable , which earned her first Grammy win, the highest award of the music, in the category of “Best New Artist”. It will be winner in all nine Grammys. “We lose a wonderful and very expensive artist,” said the Recording Academy, which delivers the Grammys.
Depression and Drug
Natalie Cole also played as an actress in several US series, but his life was marked by drugs. In his autobiography Angel on my shoulder , published in 2000, she recounts how she fought against depression – especially after the death of his father – and the near drowning of her son in a pool.
She drugged with heroin and cocaine, and followed several detoxification. The doctors then diagnosed with Hepatitis C and she had to undergo a kidney transplant in 2009. “My life is collapsing before my eyes,” the singer was then entrusted to the People Magazine , adding: “This is the hardest part of all this. I think of him (my father) every time I sing.”
The Italian jazz singer Tony Bennett, who has performed several times with her or his father, praised on Instagram a “charming and generous person” and “outstanding jazz singer”. The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke on Twitter a “beloved sister (…) on the bottom and in his music.” “Thank you for the music. And for you,” said Canadian actor Alan Thicke. His latest album, which dates from 2008, Still Unforgettable is an extension of that of 1991 with an adaptation of classic American songs and his father’s songs.
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