There are three ingredients needed to make a perfect obituary: a peculiar life, an anticipated death (hence: ample time to write the thing), and at least one story about tap dancing. So you knew going in that the New York Times obituary of Shirley Temple Black, who many people were sad to learn had died Monday night…
Shirley Temple, the legendary former child star, died on Monday night at her California home. She was 85.
Hollywood's most famous former child star Shirley Temple Black (sorry Jackie Coogan!) has been keeping a very low profile since serving as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia under President George H. W. Bush.
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Shirley Temple Black—not the integrated synagogue, but the biggest child star in history—is nursing a broken arm on the eve of her 80th birthday. We wish her a quick recovery, and offer her example—she went on to become the U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Ghana!—as a potential career path for Dakota Fanning,…
