Singer Natalie Cole has hepatitis C.

She was diagnosed with the liver disease during a routine examination, her rep said in a statement to the Associated Press. Doctors believe her drug use years ago played a factor. (In 1999, she told Ebony she once overdosed on heroin in a so-called “drug-den.”) “I’ve been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,” Cole, 58, said in the ... [link]