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‘Santa Baby’ singer dies on Christmas day

Eartha Kitt, throaty-voiced Broadway singer of the hit Santa Baby died on Thursday at the age of 81. Strangely enough, my wife had compiled a playlist of Christmas tunes to play during our family Christmas party, and I even commented to someone that the random selector on the iPod was choosing Santa Baby quite a [...]

Yves St. Laurent, fashion icon, dead at 71

Laurent was the man behind fabric-printing the works of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian onto sack-like dresses, taking the world by storm with their simple lines and bright designs. He was also the man that finally made it okay for women to wear pants, thereby breaking with an entire civilisation’s passé traditions…

Sydney Pollack dies, age 73

Sad news for the film world today. The New York Times is reporting that Sydney Pollack died in his home last night, aged 73. The world-class director of award-winning films like Out of Africa, Tootsie, and The Way We Were succumbed to cancer in his home on Monday night. Details and filmography here. Sources: New [...]

  
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