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When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it.
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
Eartha Mae Kitt
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