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Obituary


EARTHA KITT is shown at England's London Airport in 1958. The entertainer, whose long career included recording, stage, film and television, died Thursday at 81. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / November 2, 1958)

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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 New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died in Connecticut of colon cancer.
She lived in Weston in recent years but it was uncertain if that was where she died.Kitt, a self-proclaimed "sex kitten" famous for her catlike purr, was one of America's most versatile performers, winning two "Emmy Awards" and nabbing a third nomination.
She also was nominated for several Tonys and two Grammys.Her career spanned six decades, from her start as a dancer with the famed Katherine Dunham troupe to cabarets and acting and singing on stage, in movies and on television.
She persevered through an unhappy childhood
as a mixed-race daughter of the South.
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Leighton Meester attends the Nylon Mexico magazine launch cocktail party on January 24, 2009 in Mexico City.Victor Chavez/WireImage.com - Tuesday, March, 24, 2009, 9:24 PM.




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* 2008 Reprised her role of Justine Chapin on season five of "Entourage" (HBO)
* 2007 to 0000 Breakthrough role as snobbish, Blair Waldorf in the CW teen series, "Gossip Girl"
* 2007 Played the female lead in the comedy/horror film "Drive-Thru"; appeared with "Gossip Girl" co-star, Penn Badgley
* 2006 Co-starred in the independent comic-thriller "Flourish" with Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer
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