Singer-actress Eartha Kitt and playwright Harold Pinter have both died, at 81 and 78, respectively. Kitt will be remembered as the black Catwoman on the 60s "Batman" TV show and her signature tune "Santa Baby". Pinter electrified the drama world with such works as "The Birthday Party", best known for their elliptical dialogue.

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How sad. And I just have to say it, too (with all due respect). Eartha Kitt was, at 30 or 50 or even 75, so incredibly sexy. She held onto her youth and never let go. Made it clear that vibrance was an attitude ... and never an age.
And Pinter? Brilliant wordsmith. I, for one, am not sure I always got his work (I like my stories in a bit of regular chronology , most days) but the way he placed his words was awesome, once they landed.
I'll miss them both. Such different folks with such different contributions. But it's a better/more interesting world, all-around, that they were both here. RIP.

Eartha Kitt - brilliant, talented, an electric performer, a true wit - simply one of a kind.

I am going to confess to not understanding Harold Pinter's works at all. Go ahead and laugh, but I took an English Lit course in which I had to read 3 works each by Pinter, Stoppard and Beckett. Pinter gave me brain freeze. I enjoyed Beckett's Waiting for Godot, but only after three readings. I loved Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, but the paper that I handed in to my professor about said play was entitled Guildencrantz and Rosenstern Are Dead, so I may have not been paying too much attention to the play.

Pinter? I just never "got" him. I know that Pinter was a brilliant writer, but perhaps it takes a more erudite mind than mine to enjoy his plays.

Apart from recognising his name, I know little about Harold Pinter - maybe there's a quiz about him which I could attempt
Eartha Kitt had an amazing vocal image, from almost male baritone to the highest soprano, Top C's were easily within her range, and she could go from the lowest to the highest note in a heartbeat.