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Title: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: Caliga on February 11, 2014, 06:10:58 AM
 :(

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.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: Josephus on February 11, 2014, 07:14:35 AM
Didn't know she was still with us.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: grumbler on February 11, 2014, 07:22:29 AM
 :( 

She had a good run, though.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 11, 2014, 09:46:15 AM
I had no idea she was still alive! :o
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: KRonn on February 11, 2014, 10:22:54 AM
RIP  :(     I remember watching her movies as a very young kid. 
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: The Brain on February 11, 2014, 11:24:34 AM
RIP :(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: grumbler on February 11, 2014, 01:53:57 PM
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.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: MadImmortalMan on February 11, 2014, 02:25:23 PM
RIP Ambassador
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: derspiess on February 11, 2014, 02:50:45 PM
RIP :(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: 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
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: The Brain on February 11, 2014, 04:42:07 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on February 11, 2014, 04:41:10 PM
Let me get this straight:

This is Languish.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: Sheilbh on February 11, 2014, 05:40:47 PM
RIP. Though I also had no idea she was still around :(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: Valmy on February 11, 2014, 05:51:48 PM
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.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: DGuller on February 11, 2014, 07:02:55 PM
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:
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: Caliga on February 11, 2014, 08:28:42 PM
All this talk about Shirley Temple is making me thirsty. :hmm:
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 11, 2014, 08:31:49 PM
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.
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: dps on February 12, 2014, 07:21:43 AM
:(
Title: Re: R.I.P. Shirley Temple
Post by: fhdz on February 13, 2014, 01:05:19 AM
Rest in peace, Shirley.