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 ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

Maria Cole, the widow of singer Nat “King” Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died Tuesday after a short battle with cancer, her family said. She was 89. “Our mom was in a class all by herself,” ...

Though you may not have realized, Maria Cole, wife of legendary singer Nat King Cole, and mother to daughter Natalie Cole, was a successful jazz singer in her own right. Originally, from Boston, ...

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 ...

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

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CNA today announced the appointment of Maria Cole to Assistant Vice President, Branch Production Leader for the St. Louis Branch. In this role, Cole will lead ...

(CNN) -- Maria Cole, the widow of singer Nat "King" Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died Tuesday, July 11th after a short battle with cancer, her family said. She was 89. "Our mom was in a ...

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 ...

Maria Hawkins Cole, widow of jazz crooner Nat “King” Cole and mother of singer Natalie Cole, died Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla., after a short battle with cancer. She was 89. Before and after marrying ...