The original Catwoman, Eartha Kitt, has died at the age of 81.
There are myriad fabulous things about Eartha Kitt, but here are my top five:
1. She was the only person in the world who could accurately pronounce the word "rowr".
2. Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world".
3. She continued to work despite having colon cancer - her last gig was just two months ago.
4. In the 1960s she was invited to lunch at the White House. While there, she spoke out against the Vietnam war: "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed," she told the group of about 50 women. "They rebel in the street. They don't want to go to school because they're going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam."
5. She implored Father Christmas to "slip a stable under the tree". You know, for her many horses. Or at least I thought she did when I was a child.
Make the jump to watch Eartha Kitt doing her thing, singing "Santa Baby".
Image courtesy of Professor Pigg's Flickr stream.