Maria Cole (her friends knew her as Luz) was born in San Jose, Costa Rica on February 12, 1943. After a difficult childhood, she moved to New Jersey in 1966, arriving from the tropics to a December ...

Maria Hawkins Cole, widow of jazz crooner Nat "King" Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, has died in South Florida after a short battle with cancer. She was 89. A representative of the family ...

Family and friends are warmly invited to attend a celebration of the life of Martry Maria Cole, to be held on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025, at Citywide Baptist Church, 400 Cambridge Road, Mornington, ...

The widow of Nat "King" Cole was 89 and had been a singer with Big Bands Maria Cole, the widow of singing legend Nat “King” Cole, the mother of Natalie Cole and in her own right a former Big Band ...

The mother of Natalie Cole performed in bands fronted by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Carter. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor The Coles were wed in Harlem on Easter Sunday in 1948, just six days ...

Maria Cole, the widow of music legend Nat King Cole and the mother of singer Natalie Cole whose own singing career included a stint as vocalist for Duke Ellington’s orchestra in the mid-1940s, has ...