Ever since, fans of "Gunsmoke" have wondered why Matt and Kitty didn't at least have one wild fling. Arness was interviewed in 2006 for SCV (handily transcribed on Arness' official website ...
Actress Amanda Blake, who died from AIDS-related hepatitis in 1989, was one tough cookie, just like her most famous character, Miss Kitty Russell on TV’s long-running Western, Gunsmoke.