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Maria Cole

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Profession
Family Member
Died
Jul 10, 2012
Zodiac
Leo
Born in
North Carolina
About
Famous as the wife of singer Nat King Cole and the mother of vocalist Natalie Cole, she was a jazz musician in her own right. In her early years, she sang to the accompaniment of both Duke Ellington and Count Basie; she and Nat King Cole met during a shared vocal gig at the Zanzibar club.
Family
With her second husband, Nat King Cole, she raised adopted children named Carole and Kelly and biological children named Natalie, Timolin, and Casey. Her first husband was Tuskegee Airman Spurgeon Ellington; her third marriage, following Nat King Cole's death, was to screenwriter and producer Gary DeVore.

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