See Yahoo! News, Michael Jackson mourned by Taylor, other celebs,

     …A vivid orange moon, a mark of the devastating wildfire about 10 miles distant, hung over the cemetery. …

     “Thriller, in the night…”

     The Michael Jackson of broadcast journalism. (In a good way)
     RIP WC.

     There’s Harold Pinter to remember too, just as we are remembering JC (and I don’t mean J.C. Watts either), but the Kitt is something special, so to speak.
     Whether as Catwoman on the “Batman” TV ’60’s TV series, or as…anything else, including a singer, she was something else.
     See, e.g., CNN, Singer, actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81,

     Singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died, her publicist, Patty Freedman, told CNN on Thursday. …
     Her recording of the saucy Christmas song “Santa Baby” was certified gold last week.
     Kitt was well known for her distinctive voice and made a name for herself in her portrayal of Catwoman in the television series “Batman.” That role produced Kitt’s recognizable sultry cat growl.
     She worked in film, theater, cabaret, music and on television during her lengthy career. According to Kitt’s official Web site, she was nominated for a Tony three times, a Grammy and Emmy twice. …
     Kitt was ostracized at an early age because of her mixed-race heritage, the biography says. At age 8, she was sent from the cotton fields of South Carolina by her mother to live with her aunt in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, the site said. …
     Broadway stardom landed Kitt a recording deal that led to a string of best-selling records, including “Love for Sale,” “I Want to Be Evil,” “Santa Baby” and “Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa.” She recorded more than 20 albums, worked in hundreds of television and movie roles, and was invited as a guest to the White House several times.

     Let’s hope there is a new heaven and a new earth for Eartha.
     RIP EK. And “rowrrrrrrr”.

     P.S. Here’s her official site, of which the biography page claims

     …In 1968, Miss Kitt’s career took a sudden turn when, at a White House luncheon hosted by Lady Bird Johnson, she spoke out against the Vietnam War. For years afterward, Miss Kitt was blacklisted in the U.S. and was forced to work abroad where her status remained undiminished. In December 2006 she returned to Washington and lit the National Christmas Tree alongside President and Mrs. George W. Bush[.] …

     What a hero! If only more people had spoken out earlier…