Eartha Kitt passes at 81 | BBC News

In her day, they did it all and couldn’t be touched!

(BBC News) – American singer, dancer and actress Eartha Kitt has died at the age 81, her friend and publicist has said.

Kitt died of colon cancer on Thursday, Andrew Freedman said. Read more

Obama named ‘Person of the Year’ | BBC News

$100 bucks says he wins a Nobel prize before he’s done.

Time magazine has given its annual Person of the Year award to US President-elect Barack Obama.

Mr Obama was awarded the title “for having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour,” said the US-based magazine.

It said he showed “the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off”. Read more

Bernie Mac passes away at age 50

He left them wanting more.

U.S. comedian, film and television star Bernie Mac died Saturday morning at Chicago “from complications due to pneumonia” according to his publicist, Danica Smith. Mac had long suffered from the ailment, sarcoidosis, and was admitted to the hospital days prior for pneumonia. Read more