Amanda Blake was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series Gunsmoke. Along with her third husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity.

Did Amanda Blake have kids?

Even though Blake had been married 5 times, she had no children, and her aunt and cousins had expected to inherit.

How did Amanda Blake of Gunsmoke die?

(AP) _ 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.