Eartha Kitt, we hear by way of the AFP, has passed on:
NEW YORK (AFP) — Eartha Kitt, the versatile US singer and actress whose sultry voice and sensuality made her an international star with a career spanning six decades, died Thursday at age 81, her friend and publicist said.
Kitt, who won two Emmy television awards and was nominated for two Tony awards and two Grammy awards, died at 2:15 pm (1915 GMT) of colon cancer, Andrew Freedman told AFP. She was being treated at New York Presbyterian Hospital and resided in the state of Connecticut.
One of the originals, that lady.
She did “CatWoman” for the original Batman series, and was doing voice work for Disney films there for a while, too. A versitle entertainer to say the least.
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January 4th, 2009 at 1:50
Eartha Kitt was and continues to be a legend… and it was so funny to find out that she starred in The Emperor’s New Groove