google.com - 12/26/2008
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Eartha Kitt, sultry 'Santa Baby' singer, dies By POLLY ANDERSON 6 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81. ...
filmexperience.blogspot.com - 12/25/2008
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A sad note on Christmas, legendary singer/actress Eartha
Kitt died today. Like most people in my age...
range I first encountered her purrrfection as one incarnation of "Catwoman" on syndicated reruns of the campy 60s Batman series. I always meant to attend one of her cabaret shows here in NYC ...
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The Great Eartha Kitt
All these wonderful things —
The video's not great, but the audio is more than fine. The late great Ms. Kitt sings the title song from 1958's ST. LOUIS BLUES.
Eartha Kitt: 1927-2008
Movie Dearest —
Eartha Kitt, legendary performer of stage and screen, died today at the age of 81. Known for her distinctive voice and catlike purr, Kitt became famous in the 1950's with such recordings as "C'est Si Bon" and the holiday standard "Santa Baby", and even more so as the ultimate "sex kitten", Catwoman, on the 60's camp classic Batman. A fixture on the international cabaret scene for decades, she also made a name for herself on Broadway, earning Tony Award nominations for Timbuktu! and The Wild Party. ...
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Video clips: Eartha Kitt's finest moments on YouTube —
Film | guardian.co.uk
Eartha Kitt, legendary screen star and the voice behind the 1953 hit Santa Baby, died yesterday aged 81 . Here are a selection of clips from some of her most memorable performances. It has been covered by Kylie Minogue, Madonna and the inimitable Miss Piggy. But the definitive version of Santa ...
Rest in Peace, Eartha Kitt and Ann Savage —
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While we were curled up in our homes, stuffing ourselves on cookies and ripping open presents, two of our beloved female icons passed away. By now you've probably heard that Eartha Kitt succumbed to colon cancer on Christmas Day at the age of 81. To me (like many), she'll always be the woman ...
Obituary: Eartha Kitt —
Film | guardian.co.uk
For six decades, the American entertainer Eartha Kitt, who has died aged 81 of colon cancer, was a showbusiness force of nature. Starting as a dancer, she was soon at home on stage and in the recording studio, and, while her natural medium remained cabaret, she also appeared in movies and on ...
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Goddamn it. Eartha Kitt has died. In honor of this improbable woman, one of her more improbable film appearances. Above, Unzipped. (She shows up at 8:50 of the first clip and carries over into the second.)
R.I.P.: Eartha Kitt (1927-2008) —
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I made a big mistake several years ago when I tried to match Nick Nolte drink for drink during a luncheon interview. (He walked away from the table; I staggered.) And I made an even bigger mistake during my college years when I tried to keep up with my father during a long night of ...
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I don’t know what’s going on this Christmas day, but the incredibly smart and witty performer who proved that sex kittens can have brains, courage, and sharp claws when needed, has passed on at age 81. Though a lot of us young geeks first knew Eartha Kitt as the Catwoman on ...
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