Photos: Natalie Cole | 1950-2015

Natalie Cole photographed in Beverly Hills in 1993.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

In 1994, Reba McEntire, left, sings with Natalie Cole in a duet of “Since I Fell For You” during the Rhythm & Blues and Country Benefit Concert at the Universal Amphitheater.

In 2000, Natalie Cole listens as Ray Charles talks about her father, Nat King Cole, backstage at the 15th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner. Charles presented Nat King Cole’s award to his three daughters.

In 2003, Natalie Cole and her then-husband, Kenneth Dupree, arrive at the Latin Grammy Awards in Miami.

Natalie Cole performing at Stevie Wonder’s Eighth Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert at the Forum in 2003.

Faith Hill, left, and Natalie Cole perform in 2003 at a benefit dinner for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

In 2003, Natalie Cole performs at the Forum during Stevie Wonder’s Eighth Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert.

In 2005, Natalie Cole peforms at the mayoral inagural gala for Antonio Villaraigosa at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Cole with Seal at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in 2008.

Natalie Cole makes her entrance to perform at the Hollywood Bowl in September 2009; the concert had been delayed while she went through a liver transplant in July.

Multiple Grammy winner Natalie Cole hosts the Grammy Salute to Jazz and tribute to Blue Note Records at Club Nokia in 2009.

Natalie Cole is interviewed after being nominated for a Latin Grammy in September 2013.

Natalie Cole performs at “An Evening of SeriousFun Celebrating the Legacy of Paul Newman,” at Avery Fisher Hall in New York in March.