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QuoteAgent: Shirley Temple Dead at 85
Feb. 11, 2014
By ABC NEWS via Good Morning America
Former childhood movie star Shirley Temple has died, her agent confirmed in a statement to ABC News.
She was 85.
Temple -- known in private life as Shirley Temple Black -- died Monday night at her home near San Francisco, surrounded by her family and caregivers, according to the statement.
Temple is best known for her doe-eyed turn in numerous 1930s films, including "Bright Eyes" and "Curly Top," roles that allowed her to showcase a special brand of energy and optimism for a country enduring the Great Depression. She started dancing at age 2 and acting at 3.
By the time she was 5, she was stealing the show. In 1934, she was awarded a special miniature Oscar for her outstanding contribution to the silver screen.
She led the box office for three straight years. A drink was named after her. Children copied her curls. A doll in her likeness became a collector's item.
Eventually, as she aged, her Hollywood popularity declined.
At 17, she married John Agar, but the marriage didn't last.
Her second marriage, to San Francisco businessman Charles Black, endured -- and allowed her to enter the world of politics. She served as a U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
Her survivors include three children, a granddaughter and two great-granddaughters.
Didn't know she was still with us.
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She had a good run, though.
I had no idea she was still alive! :o
RIP :( I remember watching her movies as a very young kid.
RIP :(
Quote from: jimmy olsen on February 11, 2014, 09:46:15 AM
I had no idea she was still alive! :o
She'd probably say the same about you, were she still with us.
RIP Ambassador
RIP :(
Let me get this straight: Shirley Temple Black—the former ambassador to Ghana—used to be a child star? :o
Quote from: Phillip V on February 11, 2014, 04:41:10 PM
Let me get this straight: Shirley Temple Black—the former ambassador to Ghana—used to be a child star? :o
Arnold Schwarzenneger - the former governor of California - used to be a movie star too.
RIP. Though I also had no idea she was still around :(
Quote from: Sheilbh on February 11, 2014, 05:40:47 PM
RIP. Though I also had no idea she was still around :(
This is how I prefer celebrity deaths.
Quote from: celedhring on February 11, 2014, 04:54:30 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on February 11, 2014, 04:41:10 PM
Let me get this straight: Shirley Temple Black—the former ambassador to Ghana—used to be a child star? :o
Arnold Schwarzenneger - the former governor of California - used to be a movie star too.
:lol:
All this talk about Shirley Temple is making me thirsty. :hmm:
Quote from: celedhring on February 11, 2014, 04:54:30 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on February 11, 2014, 04:41:10 PM
Let me get this straight: Shirley Temple Black—the former ambassador to Ghana—used to be a child star? :o
Arnold Schwarzenneger - the former governor of California - used to be a movie star too.
As did Ronald Reagan.
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Rest in peace, Shirley.