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Kitt a tiger pumping iron. No wonder she's such a wildcat onstage. Bouncy Eartha Kitt, appearing through Saturday at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial R(...)

Date1/23/1985

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Beaty, Keith (photographer)

Kitt, Eartha (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Kitt a tiger pumping iron. No wonder she's such a wildcat onstage. Bouncy Eartha Kitt, appearing through Saturday at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room, is a true woman of the 1980s, spending her leisure hours pumping iron. Yesterday she worked out at Gold's Gym in Thornhill with bodybuilder Rico D'Ovidio.

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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0060154F

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