![]() In addition to her father, mother Maria had been a background vocalist with the Duke Ellington outfit. Stephanie Natalie Maria Cole was born on February 6, 1950, and grew up in a heavily musical atmosphere in Los Angeles' exclusive Hancock Park area. Unlike Minnelli, however, her famous crooning parent, who broke many racial barriers during his way-too-short life in the limelight, did not live long enough to enjoy his daughter's rise to stardom, dying of lung cancer a little more than a week after Natalie's 15th birthday. This would become the pinnacle of her musical success. ![]() Moreover, she ended up living a dream by dueting with her father, the late and great Nat 'King' Cole, through the use of modern technology, to multiple Grammy-winning glory. "Sophisticated Lady" Natalie Cole fits into the last-mentioned category. Those who dared to try to follow in their footsteps, such as Frank Sinatra Jr., found success branching out in other areas of music others like the Crosby brothers, suffered from perpetual self esteem issues that led to personal tragedy still others, like Liza Minnelli found meteoric success on their own and emulated/paralleled their famous parent's own star achievements. Growing up and living under the huge, daunting shadow of a singing icon can intimidate a son or daughter enough to want to look anywhere else to find their station in life.
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