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Edward James Coles, Sr.<br><b>Mother:</b> Perlina Adams Coles<br><b>Wife:</b> Nadine Robinson (dancer, m. 1936)<br><b>Wife:</b> Maria Hawkins Ellington (singer, m. 28-Mar-1948, until his death, d. 10-Jul-2012 cancer)<br><b>Daughter:</b> <a href="/people/116/000023047/">Natalie Maria Cole</a> (singer, b. 2-Jun-1950)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Carol ("Cookie", actress, b. 17-Oct-1944, adopted 1949, d. 18-May-2009 lung cancer)<br><b>Son:</b> Nat Kelly Cole (adopted 1959)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Timolin (twins, b. 26-Sep-1961)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Casey (twins, b. 26-Sep-1961)<br><p> High School: <a href="/edu/184/000166683/">Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, IL</a><br><p> <a href="/honors/021/000111685/">Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame</a> 1978<br> <a href="/honors/085/000044950/">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> 2000 (pioneer)<br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6659 Hollywood Blvd (recordings)<br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6229 Hollywood Blvd (television)<br> <a href="/event/297/000113955/">Surgery</a> lung cancer (Sep-1964)<br> <a href="/event/749/000135344/">Lung Removal</a> St. John's Hospital, Santa Monica, CA (25-Jan-1965)<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/778/000064586/">Smoking</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/697/000032601/">Cat Ballou (24-Jun-1965)</a> · Shouter<br> <a href="/films/761/000035656/">Night of the Quarter Moon (4-Mar-1959)</a> <br> <a href="/films/625/000110295/">St. Louis Blues (7-Apr-1958)</a> <br> <a href="/films/524/000229834/">China Gate (22-May-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/449/000203837/">Istanbul (15-Jan-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/686/000219029/">The Scarlet Hour (Apr-1956)</a> <br> <a href="/films/185/000082936/">The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1-Oct-1954)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/253/000134848/">Small Town Girl (10-Apr-1953)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/587/000068383/">The Blue Gardenia (23-Mar-1953)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/277/000385119/">Killer Diller (1948)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/948/000133549/">Breakfast in Hollywood (26-Feb-1946)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31367"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31367">Nat King Cole</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=31367" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>