Cole, Natalie
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| born on | 6 February 1950 at 18:07 (= 6:07 PM ) | ||
| Place | Los Angeles CA, USA, 34n03, 118w14 | ||
| Timezone | PST h8w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   17°44'   12°22 Asc. 26°38'
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Biography
American singer and noted family, the daughter of popular music entertainer of the '50s, Nat "King" Cole. She won Grammy's in 1975 as "Best New Artist" and "Best Female R&B Vocalist." By 1979, she had released six consecutive gold records and was well on her way to becoming the top woman pop performer in the country. She won another Grammy for "Album of the Year" on 2/25/1992.
Her famous dad, Nat "King" Cole, raised his family in the beautiful neighborhood of wealthy Hancock Park in Los Angeles. Her father spent many months on the road performing club dates and concerts abroad for royalty. As the eldest of her siblings, Natalie played with her adopted sister Carol, brother Kelly, and twin sisters Casey and Timolin. Her father was generous, kind and trusting to both friends and strangers. Her homemaker mother, Maria was protective of her family but cautious of others.
Although she was not pushed into show business, Cole displayed vocal talents by the time she was 11. She performed with her father on a three-week tour of California. At 15, while Cole was attending a private academy in Massachusetts her father died of lung cancer. Living a privileged insulated life in the East coast, Cole was devastated by the news of her father's death.
Her world opened up when she attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Discovering her black heritage, she marched on the administration for a black studies program. She experimented with drugs, radical politics and enjoyed sexual freedom. Cole tried out her abilities at singing by joining the group "Black Magic" in the summer of 1971. In 1972, she graduated with a BA in child psychology and toured the U.S. and Canada with the rock group. In 1973, she was arrested in Canada for heroin possession. Once she returned to the U.S. she continued to use heroin until 8/13/1974 when Cole kicked the habit by herself.
In 1974, Cole met songwriter and producer, Marvin Yancy and his partner Chuck Jackson. By their efforts, she put together her first R&B album. On 2/28/1976 she won two Grammy's for her next album, "Inseparable." She was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978, however by the next year she was heavily addicted to cocaine and alcohol.
Finding fame and stardom as the daughter of a famous entertainer difficult to manage, Cole's recording career and personal life hit rock bottom in 1983. After her stay in a rehabilitation center, Cole staged a recording comeback in 1987. By 1991, she decided to record an album of standards that were considered her dad's best signature songs. By the miracle of electronics, she recorded his famous, "Unforgettable," in a duet style singing along with her (now deceased) father. The album, "Unforgettable With Love," spent five weeks at the top of Billboard's pop album chart and selling more than eight million copies worldwide.
Cole married her record producer, Marvin Yancy on 7/30/1976 and gave birth to their son Robert in 1977. Her first marriage ended amid cocaine and alcohol problems in 1980 and later, in 1985, Yancy died. Cole married Andre Fischer, a record producer, in September 1989. She and Fischer raised her son, Robert, a drum enthusiast. Cole was baptized a Baptist in September 1975.
Cole has had many difficulties with drug addiction in her life. She started experimenting with drugs in college and continued to use heroin and then later cocaine and alcohol during her rise to recording artist in the late'70s and early '80s. In 1983, she wandered the streets of Los Angeles buying cocaine from drug pushers and has survived many car accidents while under the influence of drugs. Intervention by a friend finally gave Natalie the courage to seek help at the Hazelden Foundation in Minnesota. She entered the clinic for drug rehab 11/29/1983 to 5/16/1984. While she was in the clinic her mother petitioned the state of California for conservatorship of Cole's financial estate. Cole recognized the issues of doubts and uncertainties that have plagued her personal life and recording career. In her autobiography, "Angel on My Shoulder," she alludes to a long stint of drug abuse and her escape from a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton that killed eight people.
In 2001 she fell in love with a preacher-man and married Bishop Kenneth Dupree, 45, at his Baptist church in Nashville, 10/13/2001. It was her third marriage and his second. The singer filed for divorce from Dupree on January 30, 2004 in Los Angeles.
On September 12, 2008, she was hospitalized in New York City with side effects from hepatitis C and chemotherapy. She had been recently diagnosed with the disease and chemotherapy was part of her treatment. In April 2009 she announced that her bouts of chemotheraphy had caused both kidneys to fail. She underwent a successful kidney transplant on May 19, 2009 in Los Angeles..
Relationships
- parent relationship with Cole, Nat "King" (born 17 March 1919)
Events
- Death of Father 15 February 1965 (Nat "King" Cole)
- Work : Prize 25 February 1992 (Emmy for album Unforgettable)
- Misc. : Retain professional help November 1983 (Entered drug rehab six months)
- Social : Joined group June 1975 (Baptized a Baptist)
- Work : New Career 1971 (First singing job)
- Work : Prize 28 February 1976 (Two Emmy's)
- Relationship : Marriage 30 July 1976 (First marriage)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 2000 ("Angel on My Shoulder.")
- Relationship : Marriage 13 October 2001 (Third marriage, Kenneth Dupree)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 30 January 2004 (filed for divorce from Kenneth Dupree)
- Health : Medical diagnosis September 2008 (Hepatitis C)
- Health : Medical procedure 19 March 2009 (Kidney transplant)
Source Notes
Contemporary American Horoscopes
Categories
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Notable : Awards : Emmy
- Family : Childhood : Family noted (Dad Nat "King" Cole)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Divorces (Two)
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Abuse Drugs (Rehab, relapse)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One son)
- Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Brother died of AIDS)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Liver/Pancreas/Spleen (Hepatitis C)
- Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Kidney (Kidney failure)
