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Eartha Kitt, Sultry Singer and Actress Dies

Eartha Kitt, the singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become a symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died from colon cancer. She was 81.

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Bewitching Entertainer Eartha Kitt, 81
Article | Eartha Kitt, 81, whose purring sensuality, saucy seductiveness and indomitable determination helped her climb from Southern cotton fields to singing stardom and world celebrity, died Dec. 25.
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