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In reply to the discussion: What's your favorite Christmas song? [View all]Celerity
(55,209 posts)82. Kitt died of colon cancer on Christmas Day 2008, three weeks shy of her 82nd birthday at her home in
Weston, Connecticut. Her daughter, Kitt McDonald, described her last days with her mother:
I was with her when she died. She left this world literally screaming at the top of her lungs. I was with her constantly, she lived not even 3 miles from my house, we were together practically every day. She was home for the last few weeks when the doctor told us there was nothing they could do any more. Up until the last two days, she was still moving around. The doctor told us she will leave very quickly and her body will just start to shut down. But when she left, she left the world with a bang, she left it how she lived it. She screamed her way out of here, literally. I truly believe her survival instincts were so part of her DNA that she was not going to go quietly or willingly. It was just the two of us hanging out [during the last days] she was very funny. We didn't have to [talk] because I always knew how she felt about me. I was the love of her life, so the last part of her life we didn't have to have these heart to heart talks. She started to see people that weren't there. She thought I could see them too, but, of course, I couldn't. I would make fun of her like, "I'm going to go in the other room and you stay here and talk to your friends."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha_Kitt
I was with her when she died. She left this world literally screaming at the top of her lungs. I was with her constantly, she lived not even 3 miles from my house, we were together practically every day. She was home for the last few weeks when the doctor told us there was nothing they could do any more. Up until the last two days, she was still moving around. The doctor told us she will leave very quickly and her body will just start to shut down. But when she left, she left the world with a bang, she left it how she lived it. She screamed her way out of here, literally. I truly believe her survival instincts were so part of her DNA that she was not going to go quietly or willingly. It was just the two of us hanging out [during the last days] she was very funny. We didn't have to [talk] because I always knew how she felt about me. I was the love of her life, so the last part of her life we didn't have to have these heart to heart talks. She started to see people that weren't there. She thought I could see them too, but, of course, I couldn't. I would make fun of her like, "I'm going to go in the other room and you stay here and talk to your friends."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eartha_Kitt





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Kitt died of colon cancer on Christmas Day 2008, three weeks shy of her 82nd birthday at her home in
Celerity
Dec 2022
#82
Harry Belafonte has always be absolutely one of a kind. Thanks for sharing it. 🎶🎄⭐️
Judi Lynn
Dec 2022
#26
Carol of the Bells with yodeling and scat, Baby! - Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Brother Buzz
Dec 2022
#71
There's only two pieces of Christmas music that I can even tolerate: the Messiah
wackadoo wabbit
Dec 2022
#16
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is a New Year's tradition in Japan and this is my favorite performance:
betsuni
Dec 2022
#21
Most of my classic favorites have already been named...but I'll throw this in...
Sancho
Dec 2022
#45
Well, here's Greg Lake and Ian Anderson doing Father Christmas and one from The Kinks
maxrandb
Dec 2022
#54
I am so looking forward to listening to all of these, after being sick for a week.... 💖
Hekate
Dec 2022
#64
Wow. Have never heard that one, or any Spanish songs from that time in history!
Judi Lynn
Dec 2022
#101
I was trying to find "The Sleigh" by Hugo and Luigi's Children Chorus, but I can't find it
LeftInTX
Dec 2022
#95
As a still Spiritual Person the Wonder & Awe in Traditional hymns appeal to me - O Holy Night...
electric_blue68
Dec 2022
#102
For Sheer Fun - it's hard to beat Springsteen/E St's "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" LIVE!
electric_blue68
Dec 2022
#103
Sometimes John Lennon's "So This Is Christmas" other times The Kinks "Father Christmas" (vid below)
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2022
#108