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==Biography==
==Biography==
Cole was born in [[Boston]] and was the niece of [[Charlotte Hawkins Brown]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.ncdcr.gov/2008/06/11/nat-king-coles-widow-maria-cole-visits-charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum/|title=Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum|date=June 11, 2008|publisher=[[North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources]]|accessdate=July 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Henry Louis Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham|title=African American Lives|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|page=106|isbn=9780195160246}}</ref> Her father, Mingo Hawkins, was a letter carrier. Her mother, Carol, died while giving birth to her sister.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Maria+Hawkins+Ellington+Boston&source=bl&ots=gVyOmcq3Zs&sig=rh-k_OXQ9vCegXb74m0pgtXI90k&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Notable Black American Women|publisher=Books.google.ca|accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ncdcr.gov/2008/06/11/nat-king-coles-widow-maria-cole-visits-charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum|title=Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum|publisher=News.ncdcr.gov|date=February 25, 1965|accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=przW_4n0Rb4C&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=Caro+MINGO+HAWKINS+COLE&source=bl&ots=iZ3pJEUKg0&sig=6qkcADNyf-blo9YFApQuSWouNZY&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood|publisher=Books.google.ca|accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref> She was a jazz singer who worked most notably with [[Count Basie]] and [[Duke Ellington]]. She met [[Nat "King" Cole]] while they were both singing at the Zanzibar club.<ref name="AP"/><ref name=Hentoff/> She had 4 children in addition to Natalie: [[Carol Cole|Carol]] adopted by her and Nat when she was 3, when her birth mother (Maria's sister Carol Hawkins Lane) died; son Kelly, who died of AIDS in 1995, and twin daughters Timolin and Casey. She was known as '''Maria Ellington''' during her first marriage to Spurgeon Ellington,<!-- related to Duke Ellington?? --> a [[Tuskegee Airman]]). Her third marriage was to Gary DeVore. They ran an Inn in the Berkshires together for several years. That marriage ended in divorce.{{cn|date=January 2016}}
Cole was born in [[Boston]] and was the niece of [[Charlotte Hawkins Brown]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.ncdcr.gov/2008/06/11/nat-king-coles-widow-maria-cole-visits-charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum/|title=Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum|date=June 11, 2008|publisher=[[North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources]]|accessdate=July 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Henry Louis Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham|title=African American Lives|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|page=106|isbn=9780195160246}}</ref> Her father, Mingo Hawkins, was a letter carrier. Her mother, Carol, died while giving birth to her sister.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=Maria+Hawkins+Ellington+Boston&source=bl&ots=gVyOmcq3Zs&sig=rh-k_OXQ9vCegXb74m0pgtXI90k&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Notable Black American Women|publisher=Books.google.ca|accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ncdcr.gov/2008/06/11/nat-king-coles-widow-maria-cole-visits-charlotte-hawkins-brown-museum|title=Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum|publisher=News.ncdcr.gov|date=February 25, 1965|accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=przW_4n0Rb4C&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=Caro+MINGO+HAWKINS+COLE&source=bl&ots=iZ3pJEUKg0&sig=6qkcADNyf-blo9YFApQuSWouNZY&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood|publisher=Books.google.ca|accessdate=2012-07-13}}</ref> She was a jazz singer who worked most notably with [[Count Basie]] and [[Duke Ellington]]. She met [[Nat "King" Cole]] while they were both singing at the Zanzibar club.<ref name="AP"/><ref name=Hentoff/> She had 4 children in addition to Natalie (1950–2015): [[Carol Cole|Carol]] (1944–2009) adopted by her and Nat when she was 3, when her birth mother (Maria's sister Carol Hawkins Lane) died; son Kelly (1959–1995) who died of AIDS, and twin daughters Timolin and Casey (b. 1961) She was known as '''Maria Ellington''' during her first marriage to Spurgeon Ellington,<!-- related to Duke Ellington?? --> a [[Tuskegee Airman]]). Her third marriage was to Gary DeVore. They ran an Inn in the Berkshires together for several years. That marriage ended in divorce.{{cn|date=January 2016}}


==Death==
==Death==

Revision as of 04:13, 4 January 2016

Maria Cole
Cole with her husband Nat, 1951.
Cole with her husband Nat, 1951.
Background information
Birth nameMaria Hawkins
Born(1922-08-01)August 1, 1922
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 10, 2012(2012-07-10) (aged 89)
Boca Raton, Florida
GenresJazz
InstrumentVocals
LabelsCapitol

Maria Hawkins Cole[1] (August 1, 1922 – July 10, 2012) was an American jazz singer and the wife of singer Nat King Cole; mother of the late singer Natalie Cole.[2][3]

Biography

Cole was born in Boston and was the niece of Charlotte Hawkins Brown.[4][5] Her father, Mingo Hawkins, was a letter carrier. Her mother, Carol, died while giving birth to her sister.[6][7][8] She was a jazz singer who worked most notably with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. She met Nat "King" Cole while they were both singing at the Zanzibar club.[2][3] She had 4 children in addition to Natalie (1950–2015): Carol (1944–2009) adopted by her and Nat when she was 3, when her birth mother (Maria's sister Carol Hawkins Lane) died; son Kelly (1959–1995) who died of AIDS, and twin daughters Timolin and Casey (b. 1961) She was known as Maria Ellington during her first marriage to Spurgeon Ellington, a Tuskegee Airman). Her third marriage was to Gary DeVore. They ran an Inn in the Berkshires together for several years. That marriage ended in divorce.[citation needed]

Death

Maria Cole died in a nursing home in Boca Raton, Florida on July 10, 2012, at the age of 89, shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum".
  2. ^ a b c Associated Press (July 11, 2012). "Widow of Nat 'King' Cole dies of cancer at 89". Yahoo! News. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Gene Lees, Nat Hentoff (2004). You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 227–35.
  4. ^ "Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum". North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  5. ^ Henry Louis Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (2004). African American Lives. Oxford University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780195160246.
  6. ^ Notable Black American Women. Books.google.ca. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  7. ^ "Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum". News.ncdcr.gov. February 25, 1965. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
  8. ^ Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. Books.google.ca. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

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