Shirley Temple has passed away.

Banjo String

Just being reported on BBC radio.

Can't seem to find any links online atm, maybe still too soon.

Plazaman

Awww, and she used to be great on the Telly Bingo. RIP.

marcbrophy

Here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26135627

krudler

Genuinely thought she died years ago

Gambas

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

krudler wrote: »

Genuinely thought she died years ago

wikipedia says 2005....

--edit

oh, that's her marriage

Red Kev

Shirley ? You can't be serious.

Yes I am serious and don't call me Shirley.

danniemcq

Wikipedia isn't the best source!

she was 85 on April 23rd

LK_Dave

The Dutch are reporting it....

http://nos.nl/artikel/609320-shirley-temple-overleden.html

kneemos

Liked her earlier work.

LeinsterDub

LK_Dave wrote: »

The Dutch are reporting it....

http://nos.nl/artikel/609320-shirley-temple-overleden.html

Why do the good overleden so young?

FearDark

Thought she died 20 years ago.

spurious

She did a great deal for people living with breast cancer. A pioneer in her own way.
R.I.P.

rubadub

krudler wrote: »

Genuinely thought she died years ago

Another which surprised me was Doris Day, not only still alive at 91 but she is still releasing music albums

In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which debuted at No. 9 on the UK Top 40 charts. As of January 2014, Day is the oldest living artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day

MadsL

Raise a drink in her honour...

http://cocktails.about.com/od/s/r/shrly_tmpl_cktl.htm

racso1975

edit: robbed from ylyl

rustedtrumpet

Thought that was a drink?

kneemos

Rest In Perms.

marcbrophy

Until recently, I thought that Ryle Nugent was Shirley Temple Bar out of drag :pac:

I'm Shirley Temple
The girl with curly hair
I've got two dimples
And wear my skirts up there

RIP

The Backwards Man

I love watching old movies and then looking up all the actors to see who is still alive.

I wouldn't imagine there are many other actors still alive that made their film in 1949.

RIP.

travis1976

Like a couple of the earlier posters, I thought she had died years ago..
Rip Shirley.

Also Doris Day, still releasing albums, I must have a listen to some of those. Do you reckon she's done a Joe90s style album of modern covers? Could be interesting.

fatknacker

I hear no tappa tappa tappa

Yamanoto

Her career as a diplomat in later life was an interesting development.

Far from typical too, given that most child stars are freebasing crack with a tranny hooker by their mid to late 30's.

She was appointed Representative to the 24th United Nations General Assembly by President Richard M. Nixon (September – December 1969) and was appointed United States Ambassador to Ghana (December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976) by President Gerald R. Ford.

She was appointed first female Chief of Protocol of the United States (July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977), and was in charge of arrangements for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration and inaugural ball. She served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992), having been appointed by President George H. W. Bush

spurious

Retiring (from film) at 22 was also kind of a one-off.
I was surprised too that she was not at least in her 90s.

Stained Class

It's easy for some to understate or forget how talented she was.

She was making films at 3 years of age. Not home movies,Hollywood productions that millions of people paid to see.

Indeed, she was the top Box Office draw from 1935-38. Ahead of Clarke Gable, Joan Crawford & all the rest.

Whichever way you put it, she must have been pretty talented.

Stavros Murphy

Stained Class wrote: »

It's easy for some to understate or forget how talented she was.

She was making films at 3 years of age. Not home movies,Hollywood productions that millions of people paid to see.

Indeed, she was the top Box Office draw from 1935-38. Ahead of Clarke Gable, Joan Crawford & all the rest.

Whichever way you put it, she must have been pretty talented.

I can never watch her in a film without thinking that someone has her puppy with a knife to its throat just off-camera. Always looked as though they gave her a dart of a cattle-prod if she ever faltered. I wonder was she driven or was she driven? RIP regardless.

Stained Class

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

I can never watch her in a film without thinking that someone has her puppy with a knife to its throat just off-camera. Always looked as though they gave her a dart of a cattle-prod if she ever faltered. I wonder was she driven or was she driven? RIP regardless.

Haven't seen a film of hers since I was a kid myself & had never given any thought to her talent at the time, or for many years after.

Now that I'm a parent though, I can see things in a different light.

I don't know of any preschool kid that could act or sing or dance to that level at that age.

Talent like that is very rare.

Stavros Murphy

Stained Class wrote: »

Haven't seen a film of hers since I was a kid myself & had never given any thought to her talent at the time, or for many years after.

Now that I'm a parent though, I can see things in a different light.

I don't know of any preschool kid that could act or sing or dance to that level at that age.

Talent like that is very rare.

Yeah, I've never met a drivven 3 year old. I've met a lot of drivven parents of 3 year olds though.

Missyelliot2

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I'm Shirley Temple
The girl with curly hair
I've got two dimples
And wear my skirts up there

RIP

Thank you! So remember that from my youth....loved Shirley Temple!

Stained Class

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

Yeah, I've never met a drivven 3 year old. I've met a lot of drivven parents of 3 year olds though.

Hard to know about that.

But I can tell you this.

I've a 4 year old daughter at home & if she does not want to do something, well, it does not happen.

I'll have to add, that I'm not a 'modern' parent.

ShoulderChip

Plazaman wrote: »

Awww, and she used to be great on the Telly Bingo. RIP.

I thought the same thing, I was wondering how this would affect Panti

Stavros Murphy

Stained Class wrote: »

Hard to know about that.

But I can tell you this.

I've a 4 year old daughter at home & if she does not want to do something, well, it does not happen.

I'll have to add, that I'm not a 'modern' parent.

That's stubbornness and normal enough. I have one like that too. One at age three that decides to become a movie star in a new industry, naah, not so much. That's the parents. Hence my puppy + knife analogy.

Stained Class

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

That's stubbornness and normal enough. I have one like that too. One at age three that decides to become a movie star in a new industry, naah, not so much. That's the parents. Hence my puppy + knife analogy.

Hard to know, maybe Shirley liked the whole scene.

There's no way she could have done what she did at that age if she didn't like it.

With my own daughter. I know there's no point before I even start.

She wouldn't have the talent for it, even if I tried my hardest, it JUST couldn't have happened.

Karl Stein

Stained Class wrote: »

I've a 4 year old daughter at home & if she does not want to do something, well, it does not happen.

You think that your psycho-liberal crazy parenting style was common back then?

I'd imagine a lot of kids would have gotten a good beating for not doing as they're told in times passed.

Stained Class

Charles Rocher wrote: »

You think that your psycho-liberal crazy parenting style was common back then?

I'd imagine a lot of kids would have gotten a good beating for not doing as they're told in times passed.

Good God!

This is the first time in my life I've been called a Liberal.

I don't know what to say.

Where's your evidence for this Witchcraft??

Karl Stein

It's liberal, anti-establishment anarchists like you who have this world the way it is.

Stained Class wrote: »

This is the first time in my life I've been called a Liberal ... Where's your evidence for this Witchcraft??

I don't need to provide evidence - the old ways were the best. Spare the rod and create a monster. You need to beat that child until it understands - there is no other way of training for the future*.

*except with horses, where breaking their will with violence has a 'liberal anarchist' alternative called 'horse-whispering'.

MonaPizza

Banjo String wrote: »

Just being reported on BBC radio.

Can't seem to find any links online atm, maybe still too soon.

"Passed away"? ... You mean died?

Stavros Murphy

MonaPizza wrote: »

"Passed away"? ... You mean died?

Nooo, she overtook him on the M1 in a Corvette.
"Passed away" usually tends to mean died. On average.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Yamanoto wrote: »

Her career as a diplomat in later life was an interesting development.

Far from typical too, given that most child stars are freebasing crack with a tranny hooker by their mid to late 30's.

It's nice to hear of a child star who had the sense to realise when the party was over and just accepted it and got on with their life; instead of hanging around on the fringes of Hollywood growing bitter and envious and turning to drink, drugs and disastrous affairs as compensation. She must have been a pretty well grounded person despite her unusual childhood.