December 26th, 2008 
admin Eartha Kitt, the Emmy-award winning actress, singer, and dancer has died of colon cancer in Connecticut at the age of 81.
Kitt, best known for playing Catwoman in the 1960s “Batman” television series, died at 2:15pm local time with her daughter and only child Kitt Shapiro by her side.
During a career that spanned more than six decades, Kitt performed in over 100 countries, received two Emmy awards, and appeared in a number of films.
Early in her career Kitt found an admirer in Orson Welles who called her “the most exciting woman in the world” and cast her as Helen of Troy in his “Dr. Faust” production.
She won Emmy awards in 2007 and 2008 for her role in the Saturday morning animated series “The Emperor’s New School.”
As a recording artist, Kitt may be best known for “Santa Baby.” She received a Grammy nomination for “Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa.”
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