Nat King Cole

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Nat King Cole died of lung cancer on February 15, 1965. He was diagnosed with the disease and underwent treatment, but the cancer progressed quickly.

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Nat King Cole was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1919. He grew up in a modest home in the Centennial Hill neighborhood. His father was a Baptist minister, and the family later...

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Nat King Cole died on February 15, 1965 , in Santa Monica, California. He was 45 years old. His death followed a diagnosis of lung cancer in the fall of 1964, and treatments inc...

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Nat King Cole died of lung cancer on February 15, 1965, at age 45. His illness was directly tied to a long history of smoking, and while treatments of the era extended his life,...