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Shirley Temple Black

Updated 12:44 PM EST, Tue February 11, 2014
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Hollywood child star Shirley Temple, who became diplomat Shirley Temple Black, died late February 10 of natural causes in her Woodside, California, home. She was 85. Above, Temple poses for a photograph in the 1930s.
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Hollywood child star Shirley Temple, who became diplomat Shirley Temple Black, died late February 10 of natural causes in her Woodside, California, home. She was 85. Above, Temple poses for a photograph in the 1930s.
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Temple poses for a promotional photograph for one of the "Baby Burlesks" series of short films, circa 1932.
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Temple poses for a promotional photograph for one of the "Baby Burlesks" series of short films, circa 1932.
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Billy "Bojangles" Robinson and Shirley Temple dance together on set in 1935.
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Billy "Bojangles" Robinson and Shirley Temple dance together on set in 1935.
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Temple arrives at the 20th Century Fox studio lot to celebrate her eighth birthday in 1936.
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Temple arrives at the 20th Century Fox studio lot to celebrate her eighth birthday in 1936.
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Jean Hersholt performs with Temple in "Heidi" in 1937.
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Jean Hersholt performs with Temple in "Heidi" in 1937.
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FBI director J. Edgar Hoover gives Temple a tour of the Department of Justice in 1938.
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FBI director J. Edgar Hoover gives Temple a tour of the Department of Justice in 1938.
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Temple and Dickie Moore act in a scene from the film "Miss Annie Rooney" in 1942.
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Temple and Dickie Moore act in a scene from the film "Miss Annie Rooney" in 1942.
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Temple and John Agar walk down a staircase after their wedding in 1945. The couple divorced in 1950.
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Temple and John Agar walk down a staircase after their wedding in 1945. The couple divorced in 1950.
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Temple and her second husband, Charles Black, arrive at the premiere of "Roman Holiday" in 1953.
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Temple and her second husband, Charles Black, arrive at the premiere of "Roman Holiday" in 1953.
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Temple Black sits with her daughter Lori Black at their home in 1957.
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Temple Black sits with her daughter Lori Black at their home in 1957.
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Temple Black sits at a United Nations session in 1969. She served as a delegate for the United States.
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Temple Black sits at a United Nations session in 1969. She served as a delegate for the United States.
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Temple Black is sworn in as new chief of protocol beside President Gerald R. Ford in the Cabinet Room of the White House in 1976.
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Temple Black is sworn in as new chief of protocol beside President Gerald R. Ford in the Cabinet Room of the White House in 1976.
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Temple Black signs copies of her book "Child Star" in 1988.
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Temple Black signs copies of her book "Child Star" in 1988.
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Temple Black stands by the river in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1990. She served as ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992.
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Temple Black stands by the river in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1990. She served as ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992.
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President Bill Clinton greets Temple Black during a reception prior to the 1998 Kennedy Center Honors.
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President Bill Clinton greets Temple Black during a reception prior to the 1998 Kennedy Center Honors.
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Temple Black accepts the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award onstage during the awards show in 2006.
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Temple Black accepts the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award onstage during the awards show in 2006.
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