Shirley Temple has passed away.

Banjo String · 11-02-2014 11:29AM #1

Just being reported on BBC radio.

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

Plazaman · 11-02-2014 11:31AM

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

marcbrophy · 11-02-2014 11:31AM

Here...

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

krudler · 11-02-2014 11:32AM

Genuinely thought she died years ago

Gambas · 11-02-2014 11:32AM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 11-02-2014 11:32AM

krudler wrote: »

Genuinely thought she died years ago

wikipedia says 2005....

--edit

oh, that's her marriage

Red Kev · 11-02-2014 11:33AM

Shirley ? You can't be serious.

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

danniemcq · 11-02-2014 11:34AM

Wikipedia isn't the best source!

she was 85 on April 23rd

LK_Dave · 11-02-2014 11:34AM

The Dutch are reporting it....

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

kneemos · 11-02-2014 11:36AM

Liked her earlier work.

LeinsterDub · 11-02-2014 11:36AM

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 · 11-02-2014 11:59AM

Thought she died 20 years ago.

spurious · 11-02-2014 12:03PM

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

rubadub · 11-02-2014 12:07PM

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 · 11-02-2014 05:16PM

Raise a drink in her honour...

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

racso1975 · 11-02-2014 05:25PM

edit: robbed from ylyl

rustedtrumpet · 11-02-2014 05:50PM

Thought that was a drink?

kneemos · 11-02-2014 05:53PM

Rest In Perms.

marcbrophy · 11-02-2014 05:55PM

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

11-02-2014 05:59PM

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

RIP

The Backwards Man · 11-02-2014 06:00PM

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 · 11-02-2014 06:06PM

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 · 11-02-2014 06:25PM

I hear no tappa tappa tappa

Yamanoto · 11-02-2014 06:45PM

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 · 11-02-2014 06:53PM

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 · 11-02-2014 11:54PM

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 · 12-02-2014 12:09AM

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 · 12-02-2014 12:25AM

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 · 12-02-2014 12:45AM

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 · 12-02-2014 12:47AM

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 · 12-02-2014 12:53AM

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.

Shirley Temple has passed away.

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