Natalie Cole has had her ups and downs — including much-publicized addictions to cocaine and heroin that led to Hepatitis C. Now she’s gone public with a new challenge: Both of her kidneys are failing and she needs a transplant.

Cole gave her first public interview on her travails with kidney disease on CNN’s "Larry King Live" last night, and by the time the show was done, dozens of viewers had offered to be tested to be her organ donor.

"There are some great human beings out there," said a grateful Cole, who is dialyzed three times a week for her condition. "That’s all I can say. I’m on a very long list, which is why we are looking to donors.”

In Cole’s case, her son wasn’t a match so he couldn’t donate to her. But she’s lucky to get the attention and the potential donors. Right now, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, 79,029 people in the United States are waiting for kidneys (in 2008, 27,958 kidney transplants were performed), so if one of those benevolent people who reached out to her on Larry King’s show actually comes through for her, that could be, well, "unforgettable."