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I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.

Eartha Kitt

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Eartha Kitt
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 17
Died: 2008
Died: December 25
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Eartha Mae Keith
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