How did singer Eartha Kitt die in December of 2008?
Singer Eartha Kitt dies By Jurek Martin Published: December 26 2008 21:52 | Last updated: December 26 2008 21:52 Eartha Kitt, the self-proclaimed “sex kitten” whose sultry voice and vivid, provocative performances on stage and screen spanned nearly 60 years, died in Connecticut on Thursday at the age of 81. She had been suffering from colon cancer. Highlights of her long career included best-selling come-hither recordings, such as “Santa Baby” and the album My Heart Belongs to Daddy, and a string of both serious and light-hearted performances on Broadway and in the movies. The actor Orson Welles, with whom she was once romantically involved, called her “the most exciting woman alive”. She lived her life much as she played it, with a series of well publicised affairs with rich and famous men. She was, indisputably, the first widely accepted African American sex symbol, calling herself the “original material girl”, a title later claimed by the performer Madonna, who often acknowledged he
