Celebrity Death Haiku

Eartha Kitt

1927 – 2008

Purr for me, baby

Catwoman uses up all

Nine lives and then some

— Phil Valens

Mark "Deep Throat" Felt

1913 – 2008

Did a lot of good

For mostly the wrong reasons

Then kept his mouth shut

— Lairbo

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Mark Felt was Deep Throat

Woodward, Bernstein await call

On God's cover-ups

— Adrian M. Johnson

Bettie Page

1923 – 2008

Kitten with a whip

You prefer handcuffs and rope?

Your wish, her command

— Lairbo

Odetta (Odetta Holmes)

1930 - 2008

Civil rights icon
A folkie that ain't gonna
Study war no more

— Meanie the Blue