Shirley Temple, Hollywood star and diplomat, Sudden Death

Da Kyung Lee

Mr. Calic

Humanities 8A

2/13/2014

Shirley Temple, Hollywood star and diplomat, Sudden Death

Do you remember Shirley Temple Black? Who shined the best actress and singer with dimpled face. We probably couldn't see her in TV or world any more. She died at 85.

Shirley Temple is one of the famous Hollywood stars as an actress and a singer and worked as a great diplomat. She died at her woodside house in California, United States. It happened on February. 10th. 2014, exactly on Monday night 10:57 PM. The reason of her death is an inevitable natural part of life. She died peacefully at her house without any pain or disease. Everyone who were part of her family or friends couldn't conceal their sadness. Her family has recently released a statement on her passing “We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years,”

Shirley Temple was born on April. 23th. 1928. She had her jobs and work since early years. So she became famous by age 6. In 1934, she appeared in the film “Stand Up and Cheer!”, and her song and dance number in “Baby Burlesk,” stole the show. Other movies in the same year included “Little Miss Marker” and “Bright Eyes”. In 1935, she received a special Oscar for her “outstanding contribution to screen entertainment.”. In 1945, she married John Agar and had a daughter and retired in 1949 at her age 21. In 1998, she was one of a selected few to receive the annual award.

After her retirement, in 1950, she remarried Charles Black. They gave birth to two children and their marriage lasted until his death in 2005. When she was in her early 50s, she became interested in politics. She did volunteer work for the Republican Party while trying to make a comeback with two short-lived TV programs. She was later named to the United States delegation to United Nations. In 1974, President Gerald Ford appointed her ambassador to Ghana. Then two years later, he made her chief of protocol. In 1989, another president, George H.W. Bush made her ambassador to Prague.

The whole world will remember her forever as a young movie star and politician.