Natalie Cole, rimwe remazwi makuru eR & B kwemakumi emakore, akashaya musi waZvita 31 muchipatara cheLos Angeles aine makore makumi matanhatu nemashanu. Ruzivo rwunouya kubva kuTMZ nderwekuti chikonzero cherufu kwaive congestive moyo kutadza, zvese semhedzisiro yekuisirwa itsvo uye Hepatitis C. Chirwere chaNatalie Cole chakange chatokonzeresa kudzimiswa kwezviratidzwa zvakati wandei zvaDecember apfuura, izvo zvaisanganisira iyo Nyowani. Konzati yegore kuDisney Hall muLos Angeles.
Hupenyu hwaNatalie Cole hwaive husina pasina zvikamu zvakasviba. Mushure mekukunda kupindwa muropa nezvinodhaka, Natalie Cole akaonekwazve muna 1983 semuimbi wepop. Aive akaroora katatu uye aive nemwanakomana, Robert Adam Yancy, aine mugadziri wemimhanzi Marvin Yancy.
Basa remimhanzi rakanga rizere nekubudirira. Iwo anopfuura mamirioni makumi matatu emakopi akatengeswa panguva yebasa rake ndiwo muenzaniso wakanakisa wehunhu husina mutsindo hweizwi rake.. Dambarefu rake 'risingakanganwike… naRudo' raive mubairo chaiwo jenareta -kungori neiri dambarefu akahwina maGrammy Awards matanhatu muna 1992-, achitengesa mamirioni manomwe emakopi uye achiwana rekodhi yegore; imwe yenguva huru yaNatalie Cole, pasina kukahadzika, paakange atove nekubudirira mumakore makumi manomwe nema7 nemabasa akadai se'Ichi Chichava (Rudo Rusingaperi) kana iyo vhezheni yaakaita yekubudirira kwaBruce Springteen 'Pink Cadillac.
Akanga ari mumiriri waNatalie Cole uyo akataura nhau dzinouraya pakati TMZ: «Zviri nekuzvidemba kukuru mumoyo medu kuti tinokuunzirai mashoko ekuti amai vedu nasisi vashaya. Natalie atarisana nehondo inotyisa, achifa sezvaakararama… zvine chiremerera, simba nerukudzo. Tichasuwa amai vedu nehanzvadzi yedu zvakanyanya, avo vacharamba VASINGAKANGANWIKI -referencing yake yakarova 'isingakanganwike'- mumwoyo medu narinhi ».