> Highest paid employee: Bob Stoops. > Position: College football coach. > Salary: $5.25 million. Oklahomaâs head coach Bob Stoops received a raise last summer after his team beat the Alabama Crimson Tide â coached by Nick Saban, the highest-paid state employee â in an upset victory in the Sugar Bowl. Stoops is set to earn $5.25 million this season, up from the $5 million in his previous contract.
AP. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 7â Amanda Blake, the actress who played Miss Kitty on the long-running television series ''Gunsmoke,'' died of AIDS-related complications and not, as a hospital and her friends reported at the time, of cancer, her doctor says.
Singer, Actress, Dancer Eartha Kitt Dies of Colon Cancer at Age 81. Published December 25, 2008. Associated Press. NEW YORK â Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said.