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Eartha Kitt died yesterday at age 81. Many people are called “legendary,” but Kitt truly was, as a singer, dancer, and actress. Julie Newmar may have been the #1 Catwoman on the campy Batman TV show, but Kitt was probably the most feline and villainous. As a cabaret singer she was an unsurpassed stylist, and we were lucky enough to see her at the Hollywood Roosevelt. She was a scary lady, but one who played by her own rules and won.

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  1. Julie Newmar will always be the icon and the one enshrined in TV history, but there was something so special about Eartha Kitt’s. Her voice was perfection, and there was a hint of menace in her even on that show. A true talent, and Madonna’s Santa Baby sucks in comparison.

  2. She had a sensuality that never aged.
    She was also an activist, blacklisted after she posed a direct question to Ladybird Johnson at a White House luncheon.

  3. Correction on that YouTube link. Sorry. Had the wrong thing in my clipboard:

    (The other was my second cousin’s band in Decatur, Alabama — they’re good, but not as good as Eartha Kitt).

  4. She was always the one-and-only Catwoman to me. I met her once and was too awed to speak, and I pretty thoroughly embarrassed my mother and aunt. I have the excuse of having been a pre-teen at the time, but I doubt I would have done much better at any age.

    What a voice. I had been hearing her version of “Santa Baby” nonstop in my head all week. Wicked.

  5. I have recently started to look back at this lovely lady and have actually fallen in love. She really inspires me and I admire her directness and honestly. On top of that her beauty is unmatched. I would love to see a movie created about her life.

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