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The boys that were running away from America because they didn't want to get involved with the Vietnam War had come to me. They would tell me how they felt.

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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