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SINGER NATALIE COLE HAS DIED AT 65


Young Natalie with her father singer  Nat “King” Cole.


Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015)

 

Los Angeles (AP) – Publicist Maureen O’Connor says Cole, the daughter
of jazz legend Nat "King" Cole, died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center
in Los Angeles, California due to persistent health
complications.

She had battled drug problems and hepatitis that forced her to undergo
a kidney transplant in May 2009.

Cole’s 1991 album, "Unforgettable … With Love," sold some 14 million
copies and won six Grammys. It featured reworked versions of some of
her father’s best-known songs

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PAST EVENTS THAT MADE NEWS

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Steven Allan Spielberg is 69 years old today.

Spielberg reportedly charged friends and family to watch the 8mm adventure films
he made growing up. His 1968 short film Amblin’ inspired the name of his future production company Amblin Entertainment.

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JOEY HEATHERTON IS 71 TODAY

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Davenie Johanna "Joey" Heatherton

Heatherton appeared in Bob Hope‘s USO troupe between 1965
and 1977. She also appeared in films like 1963’s Twilight of
Honor
and 1964’s Where Love Has Gone. She took ballet
lessons as a child, which lead to her interest in performing
on Broadway. She began acting when she was a child with
her first role as an understudy on the Broadway play, The
Sound of Music.

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Joey Heatherton follows as Bob Hope dances during a
1966 USO Christmas show in
South Vietnam.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1912

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Eugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 
(August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996)

Gene Kelly choreographed his own dance routines in such hit 1940s and ’50s
films as Singin’ in the Rain, Anchors Aweigh, An American in Paris and On the
Town.
He was ranked 15th on the American Film Institute’s list of the Greatest
Male Stars of All Time in 1999.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1952

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Patrick Wayne Swayze
(August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009)

Swayze became a teen idol in the 1980s with roles in such films as 
Dirty Dancing (1989) and Red Dawn (1984). He played lead roles
in the films Ghost (1990) and Point Break (1991). Swayze trained
in gymnastics for two years at San Jacinto College, then went on
to take up ballet at the Harkness Ballet and Joffrey schools in New
York. His first job in entertainment was as a dancer for Disney on
Parade. Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 52.

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Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)

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