Maria Cole, widow of jazz crooner Nat “King” Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died of cancer July 10 at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. She was 89.

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Maria Hawkins Cole, widow of Nat "King" Cole and mother of Natalie Cole, has died in South Florida after a short battle with cancer. She was 89.

Big Band singer Maria Hawkins Cole, wife of jazz legend Nat “King” Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died July 10 in Boca Raton, Fla., after a short battle with cancer.

Though you may not have realized, Maria Cole, wife of legendary singer Nat King Cole, and mother to daughter Natalie Cole, was a successful jazz singer in her own right. Originally, from Boston ...

Maria Cole, mother of Natalie Cole and widow of the great Nat King Cole died on Tuesday at the age of 89. According to EurWeb, Cole was living in Boca Raton, Florida and died after a brief stint ...

Nat King Cole's widow Maria Cole has died, aged 89. The wife of the legendary jazz singer and mother of Natalie Cole, passed away after a brief battle with cancer in Florida. "Our mom was in a ...

Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning daughter of Nat "King" Cole" who carried on her late father's musical legacy and, through technology, shared a duet with him on "Unforgettable," has died. She was 65.

Natalie Cole, the Grammy Award-winning singer whose top-selling albums preserved the musical legacy of her father, Nat King Cole, and established her as a powerful musical talent in her own right ...

Nat King Cole, along with Porter’s mother, is probably the singer’s biggest musical influence, and Porter is often compared to the legendary crooner.

LOS ANGELES – Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning daughter of Nat “King” Cole” who carried on her late father’s musical legacy and, through technology, shared a duet with him on ...

The son of a Baptist pastor, by age four he was learning piano from his mother, ... Nat King Cole sings "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer" on British television in 1963: ...