I can’t count the number of times I played Catwoman when I was a kid.  Eartha Kitt was my hero.  I loved her voice, too.   Her Santa Baby was my favorite, and I remember having to figure out what Tiffany’s and a deed were so I could know what I was singing about as a 5, 6, and 7 year old.She died of cancer on Christmas day.  She was 81.Posted in art, entertainment, news, News Headlines, video Tagged: Eartha Kitt, Obituary, Santa Baby

PINKO DAILY BRIEFS: A long, lazy holiday weekend awaits, so the news is a little slow. Barack Obama is on vacation being chased by photographers while he scattered his grandmother’s ashes. CLASSY. A few good stories today though. Editor and Publisher is reporting that Bill Kristol, America’s most inept columnists, might get the axe at the New York Times. Staying on bad reporting, Grist has a great contest going: Voters can choose the worst piece of climate reporting from 2008. Camille Paglia you’re DONE. If climate change still has you down, make a drink! I found this wild recipe for coffee-vodka. How perfect! Lastly two tributes. The playwright Harold Pinter died yesterday, and while the media has obscured some of his more political stances, he was a brave activist and a bawdy interview. His last sit down with a reporter was all about his love of cricket, and how cricket is better than sex. Finally, Eartha Kitt has died. We’ll leave you with her doing an amazing Santa Baby from the early 60’s. 

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Eartha Kitt died today at the age of 81. Here she sings Santa Baby more about "Eartha Kitt with Friends Santa Baby", posted with vodpod

  more about "Eartha Kitt with Friends Santa Baby V...", posted with vodpodA talented artist, the epitome of a diva, a celebrity within her own right as well as the ultimate representative of the American dream has passed on today at the age of 81. All that which embodied Miss Eartha Kitt will be missed. Kitt passed away in New York where she was being treated for colon cancer. Her daughter, Kitt Shapiro, was by her side.She was performing almost until the end, taping a PBS special six weeks ago in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to air in February.Her recording of the saucy Christmas song "Santa Baby" was certified gold last week.Kitt was well known for her distinctive voice and made a name for herself in her portrayal of Catwoman in the television series "Batman." That role produced Kitt's recognizable sultry cat growl.Bio:eartha-kitt-122508Born in the South and raised in Harlem, sultry black actress/singer Eartha Kitt attended New York's High School of Performing Arts. After touring with Katherine Dunham's dance troupe, Kitt headlined at choice nightclubs in both Paris and the U.S. She made her acting debut as Helen of Troy in Orson Welles' 1951 staging of Faust. The following year, she came to Broadway in the musical revue New Faces of 1952 in which she stopped the show on a nightly basis with her sensuous rendition of "C'est Si Bon." It was the first of many top-ten hits for Kitt, who was one of a handful of black performers of the 1950s to receive regular air play on "white" radio stations. Subsequent Broadway appearances included the role of Mehitabel the alley cat in the 1958 musical Shinbone Alley.Though considered a "crossover" performer, Kitt's movie appearances were often confined to films with predominantly African American casts, e.g. Anna Lucasta (1958) and St. Louis Blues (1958). She made several well-received TV guest appearances in the 1950s and 1960s, unexpectedly gaining a flock of preteen fans for her portrayal of The Catwoman on a 1967 installment of Batman. Never one to shy awa

Reuters: Eartha Kitt, who rose from the Southern cotton fields to captivate audiences around the world with sultry performances as a singer, dancer and actress, died on Thursday at the age of 81....Actor-director Orson Welles once called Kitt "the most exciting woman alive" and, along with Lena Horne, she was one of the first African-American sex symbols.

The legendary Eartha Kitt passed away today, she was 81. Eartha was a singer, actress (who can forget her as Lady Eloise in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang) and cabaret star. Ironically, this being Xmas, Eartha’s biggest hit was “Santa Baby”, originally recorded by Eartha in 1953 and since covered by the likes of everyone from Madonna to Boney James to Faith Evans. A vid of Eartha performing her huge hit is above.RIP, Eartha Kitt. Tagged: Eartha Kitt, RIP

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