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Mid · 26-12-2008, 11:37 AM

Singer-Actress Eartha Kitt, 81, Dies of Cancer

CHICAGO _ Considering that she was abandoned by her mother at age 3, forced to pick cotton by age 6 and kicked out of the house at 16, Eartha Mae Kitt did not appear destined for global stardom.

Yet by her 20s she had willed herself into becoming a singing sensation in Europe _ the next Josephine Baker, proclaimed critics in the late 1940s and early '50s. In quick succession thereafter, Kitt seduced American audiences singing in Broadway and Hollywood musicals in the mid-'50s and purring as Catwoman on TV's "Batman" in the '60s.

Triply blessed with a pliant voice, a palpable charisma and a voracious appetite to succeed, Kitt conquered virtually every medium she took on, earning multiple Tony and Grammy Award nominations. Yet if she made her triumphs look easy, her journey was tumultuous from start and practically to finish.

The singer-actor-dancer-raconteur died Thursday at age 81 in Connecticut of colon cancer.

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Mid Nautical Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 13,315	Singer-Actress Eartha Kitt, 81, Dies of Cancer CHICAGO _ Considering that she was abandoned by her mother at age 3, forced to pick cotton by age 6 and kicked out of the house at 16, Eartha Mae Kitt did not appear destined for global stardom. Yet by her 20s she had willed herself into becoming a singing sensation in Europe _ the next Josephine Baker, proclaimed critics in the late 1940s and early '50s. In quick succession thereafter, Kitt seduced American audiences singing in Broadway and Hollywood musicals in the mid-'50s and purring as Catwoman on TV's "Batman" in the '60s. Triply blessed with a pliant voice, a palpable charisma and a voracious appetite to succeed, Kitt conquered virtually every medium she took on, earning multiple Tony and Grammy Award nominations. Yet if she made her triumphs look easy, her journey was tumultuous from start and practically to finish. The singer-actor-dancer-raconteur died Thursday at age 81 in Connecticut of colon cancer. snip americanchronicle.com wordpress.com __________________ "Keeping quiet while monks and other peaceful protesters are murdered and jailed is not evidence of constructive engagement." - Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch. "I think...I think it's in my basement. Let me go upstairs and check" - M.C. Escher Last edited by Mid : 26-12-2008 at 11:43 AM.