Posted on 02/11/2014 9:35:46 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
Edited on 02/11/2014 9:42:21 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Shirley Temple Black SNIP died surrounded by family at her home in Woodside, Calif. She was 85.
By six, she'd received a miniature Academy Award and left her hand and footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
She married twice and gave birth to three children before venturing onto the political stage, serving as US ambassador to both Ghana and Czechoslovakia, a US representative to the United Nations and chief of protocol in the administration of President Gerald Ford.
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Thanks millions!!!! I sent that link home.
And her talent and appeal were exponentially greater than the belching, snot-nosed, mouthy brats who permeate TV and movies these days.
I think it helped greatly that she bid adieu to show biz at age 21.
I will always remember Shirley Temple as an early breast cancer advocate. She went public with her surgery at a time when most women were too terrified to even talk about theirs. She also put her life on the line by choosing to undergo a less disfiguring type of mastectomy that was still considered experimental.
She exemplified the best in modern feminism. She was a victor, never a victim.
Love that movie...you remind me of a man...lol
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