Child star Shirley Temple dead at 85

Shirley Temple, the child star icon who captured hearts in Depression-era America with her blond ringlets before becoming a US ambassador, has died at the age of 85, her family said Tuesday, February 11. Temple started her acting career at the age of 3 and quickly became popular for her singing and acting talents. “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,” said a family statement. Delighting audiences with her singing and dancing at a time when money and jobs were scarce, the star of Curly Top and The Little Princess became, at age 6, the youngest person ever to win an Oscar. She later became an Ambassador to Ghana and the Chief of Protocol in the US Foreign Service.


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