1991

Block number 1817

Amanda Blake, who played Miss Kitty in the long-running Gunsmoke television series, died of AIDS-related complications, not cancer as previously reported, her doctor said Monday. Ms. Blake did have throat cancer, but "that wasn't the reason that she died," said Dr. Lou Nishimura, a Sacramento internist. The actress died August, 16. Ms. Blake, 60, had AIDS symptoms for about a year, said Dr. Nishimura. He said he didn't know how she contracted the disease.

(Text taken from The Dallas Morning News clip published in 1991.)