Loss

[fatrockstar]

Eartha Kitt, sultry singer and dancer, dies at 81

NEW YORK -- A family friend says 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. She was 81.

Andrew Freedman says Kitt died Thursday of colon cancer and was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.

Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her catlike purr, was one of America's most versatile performers, winning two Emmys and getting a third nomination. She also was nominated for two Tony Awards and a Grammy.

Comments

[jbluemoon.livejournal.com]

"Santa Baby" no more.
:(

[jdawgspi.livejournal.com]

I am so sad about this.

RIP Eartha, you saucy minx.

[krikkit2002.livejournal.com]

I saw her on a talk show around the time Batman Returns came out. The host was interviewing Julie Newmar and Lee Meriweather and over the set speakers that sultry voice,"Who are you impostors? I am the reaaall Catwoman. Mroowww" That just stuck with me.

[kistha.livejournal.com]

So much for the Broadway edition of "The Emperor's New Groove" with the original cartoon actors.

Damn!

She was awesome, so many good people getting taken out this is a craptastic year.