Robert Yancy, son of Natalie Cole, dies at 39

Robert Yancy, the son of late R&B singer Natalie Cole, has died at the age of 39 of an apparent heart attack.

According to People Magazine, TMZ reports Yancy was found by a friend in his San Fernando Valley, California, apartment.

Family members have told the website that he died of a heart attack, almost two years after the death of his mother.

Yancy's mother died of congestive heart failure at age 65 in 2015 and his father, Martin Yancy, died of a heart attack at age 34 in 1985.

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