(Feb. 6, 1950 – Dec. 31, 2015) She was a singer, songwriter, and actress and the daughter of singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole.
She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the hits "This Will Be", "Inseparable" (1975), and "Our Love" (1977). She returned as a pop singer on the 1987 album Everlasting and her cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac".
In the 1990s, she sang traditional pop by her father, resulting in her biggest success, Unforgettable... with Love, which sold over seven million copies and won her seven Grammy Awards.
Natalie sold over 30 million records worldwide. She would have been 73 today.
