Natalie Cole has passed away at the age of 65 as a result of congestive heart failure. The singer best known for her hits ‘This Will Be’ and the Grammy-winning duet ‘Unforgettable’ which she sang with her father Nat King Cole, had been forced to cancel a number of recent appearances due to health problems.
Cole leaves behind a son, Robert Yancy, from her first marriage to producer Marvin Yancy.
The singing legend, known for such hits as This Will Be and the Grammy-winning duet Unforgettable with her father Nat King Cole, died from congestive heart failure according to TMZ.
She had been forced to cancel a number of recent concert appearances due to health problems, including one scheduled for New Year’s Eve at Disney Hall in Los Angeles.
She suffered from a number of health problems over the past decade, including liver disease and Hepatitis C, for which she received chemotherapy in 2008.
Cole wrote about learning she had Hepatitis C in her 2000 memoir Angel on My Shoulder, the result, she said, of a drug addiction in the 80s and sharing dirty needles.
It is being reported that complications from that disease also played a role in her death.