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.

While it's only a quick exchange, and Kitty aims for the cheek rather than the lips, it's the perfect moment with which to end this beloved Western. Gunsmoke is available to stream on Paramount+ ...

"product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twelve years ago, Marshal Matt Dillon and Miss Kitty Russell.