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Shirley Temple Black, Dead at 85.

Started by Cardinal Pizza Deliverance., February 12, 2014, 08:14:13 AM

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/arts/shirley-temple-black-screen-star-dies-at-85.html?_r=0

QuoteShirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide fame that no other child has reached, died on Monday night at her home in Woodside, Calif. She was 85.

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I loved her movies as a kid.
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QuoteA Conservative Republican

Mrs. Black had become interested in politics when she lived in Washington. In 1967 she ran for Congress to fill a seat left vacant by the death of the Republican J. Arthur Younger. She hoped to emulate the California political successes of George Murphy, her dancing partner in "Little Miss Broadway," who had become a United States senator, and Mr. Reagan, who had become governor.

A backer of the Vietnam War, she lost to a more moderate Republican, Pete McCloskey, in the suburban 11th Congressional District south of San Francisco. It probably did not help that the bands kept playing "On the Good Ship Lollipop" at her campaign stops.

But Mrs. Black pressed on with her goal of a career in public service. In 1969, President Nixon appointed her to the five-member United States delegation to the 24th session of the United Nations General Assembly. She acquitted herself well by all accounts, speaking out about the problems of the aged, the plight of refugees and, especially, environmental problems.


When she was appointed ambassador to Ghana in 1974, some career diplomats were outraged, but State Department officials later conceded that her performance was outstanding.

Among her duties as the government's chief of protocol was heading a training program for new envoys. She flashed her wit in describing it: "We teach them how to get used to being called Ambassador and having Marines saluting. Then, on Day 3, we tell them what to do if they're taken hostage."

When she arrived in Prague as ambassador — a post usually reserved for career diplomats — she discovered that there had been a Shirley Temple fan club there 50 years earlier. Officials brought "Shirleyka" old membership cards to autograph. Having been Shirley Temple was extremely helpful to Shirley Temple Black, she told reporters, "mainly because it provides name identification," although it had no bearing on her future success or failure. Mrs. Black succeeded beyond almost everyone's expectations, winning praise during her three years in Prague from, among others, Henry Kissinger, who called her "very intelligent, very tough-minded, very disciplined." It was a fitting tribute to a woman who had left the screen at 22 saying she had "had enough of pretend."
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She lived a long wholesome life. She retired on top, had a family, and had a great political career. She did child stardom right.
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I HAVE HAD SEVERAL "Shirley Temple"'S {The drink in the past
None recently however:

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Quote from: hirley0 on February 15, 2014, 11:02:13 AM
I HAVE HAD SEVERAL "Shirley Temple"'S {The drink in the past
None recently however:

Are they tasty?
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