Natalie King Cole dies

She always seemed like a nice lady. I was surprised when I Googled her father Nat King Cole, and learned that he died in 1965. He was shown on TV so often when I was a boy that if someone would have asked yesterday to guess his year of death, I would have said 1975.

She was great, and he was the coolest.

My wife and I had the pleasure of seeing her two times, most recently in 2014. She still had her beautiful voice and put on a fantastic show. What a loss.

Wayne Rogers (Trapper John from Mash) also passed away.

I think her early demise is probably due to her heavy use of drugs at an earlier time in her life. I absolutely loved when they put that video together of her and her father singing "unforgettable".