Eartha Kitt, 81, whose purring sensuality, saucy seductiveness and indomitable determination helped her climb from Southern cotton fields to singing stardom and world celebrity, died Dec. 25. A ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Born in Orangeburg County in the small town of North, S.C., Eartha Kitt was raised in poverty on a cotton plantation where she was subjected to rejection and colorism due to ...