March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...
Nat King Cole ... of his life, Cole suffered from lung cancer, before passing away at the young age of 45 in 1965. Along with his legacy, the singer leaves behind his second wife Maria Cole ...
Nat’s wife, Maria, once a singer with Duke Ellington’s band, wrote in her biography “I recall suddenly seeing at my neighbourhood news-stand, the glaring headline “Nat King Cole Dead Of Cancer” To ...