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Published: December 26, 2008
Eartha Kitt, sultry singer and dancer, dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 in Connecticut of colon cancer.
Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her...
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