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Nat King Cole’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Nat King Cole was an American singer and pianist who had a net worth equal to $27 million after adjusting for inflation at the time of his death in 1965. Technically, at the time of his death, Nat King Cole had a net worth of $3.5 million. Unfortunately, due to poor estate planning, after estate taxes and various other costs, his family (including 15 year old daughter Natalie Cole) ended only up receiving $1 million (equal to $7 million in today’s dollars) from his former net worth.
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Ravi Shankar’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician who had a net worth of $5 million at the time of his detah in 2012. Born in Varanasi, United Provinces, British Raj, in 1920, Pandit Ravi Shankar is one of the best-known sitar players and Hindustani classical music composers of all time. He grew up touring his home country and much of Europe with his brother’s dance group before deciding he’d rather learn to play the sitar. He studied under famed musician Allauddin Khan for several years before breaking into composing. Shankar put together the music for Satyajit Ray’s “Apu Trilogy” and by 1949, scored a gig as All India Radio New Dehli’s music director.
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