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Eartha Kitt died on Christmas

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I saw Eartha Kitt a few years ago in Cinderella as the fairy godmother. She was terrific.

When Santa Baby was released as a 45, my Uncle Loren bought a copy for Aunt Helen. She still has it. I can't imagine anyone making such a greedy song sound charming, as Eartha Kitt did.
 

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Did ya all hear Eartha Kitt died?

NEW YORK (Dec. 25) - 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.
Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died Thursday of colon cancer.
 

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She did her one woman show as a benefit for her daughter's school in Connecticut about 20 years ago, and I was lucky enough to catch it. What a treat! What a master class in performing. Color me sad, too.
 

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Rest peacefully Ms. Kitt.

She was a great cabaret singer. I caught her a few times with my mother at the Café Carlyle in NYC. My mother loved her; probably saw her twenty or thirty times.
 

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Growing up with TV early for Australia (1957) and then hanging around the TV on Sunday afternoons etc I rememeber Eartha Kitt in her heyday. She was always saucy and I was told by my Mum that she epitomised true sexiness and talent in a woman. Eartha was all class. Do you remember her as Catwoman in Batman with the cat purrs and how she livened up the show in that suit? Incredible talent RIP EK!
 

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