Caterina Valente, a polyglot performer who sang in more than a dozen languages and was a television mainstay on two continents in the 1950s and '60s, died Sept. 9 at her home in Lugano, Switzerland.

Caterina Valente, a French-Italian singing star who spoke six languages and sang in 11, releasing hit records throughout Europe and performing on television with Dean Martin and Perry Como, died Sept.