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'''Maria Cole'''<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}}</ref> (née '''Hawkins'''; 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]].<ref name="AP">{{cite news|url=http://news.yahoo.com/widow-nat-king-cole-dies-cancer-89-014826877.html|title=Widow of Nat 'King' Cole dies of cancer at 89|last=[[Associated Press]]|date=July 11, 2012|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|accessdate=July 12, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Hentoff>{{cite book|last=Gene Lees, Nat Hentoff|title=You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|year=2004|pages=227–35}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:19, 4 January 2016
Maria Cole | |
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 Cole with her husband Nat, 1951. | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maria Hawkins |
| Born | August 1, 1922 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 10, 2012 (aged 89) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Labels | Capitol |
Maria Cole[1] (née Hawkins; 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): Carole (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
- ^ "Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum".
- ^ a b c Associated Press (July 11, 2012). "Widow of Nat 'King' Cole dies of cancer at 89". Yahoo! News. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Henry Louis Gates, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (2004). African American Lives. Oxford University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9780195160246.
- ^ Notable Black American Women. Books.google.ca. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
- ^ "Nat "King" Cole's Widow Maria Cole Visits Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum". News.ncdcr.gov. February 25, 1965. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
- ^ Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood. Books.google.ca. Retrieved July 13, 2012.
External links
- Maria Cole at IMDb
- Maria Cole at Find a Grave
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