Shirley Temple; R.I.P.

[Bro. Curtis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpfA65DvruY

 

[Jon-Marc]

I was wondering recently if she was still alive--especially since she's been in the news lately. I somehow missed the news on her death. I really enjoyed her movies as a little girl, but then, that's the only time I remember seeing anything of her. Like most child stars, she seemed to fall by the wayside after growing up.

 

[Crabtownboy]

I was wondering recently if she was still alive--especially since she's been in the news lately. I somehow missed the news on her death. I really enjoyed her movies as a little girl, but then, that's the only time I remember seeing anything of her. Like most child stars, she seemed to fall by the wayside after growing up.

Jon, she was really quite an active person and held a number of responsible positions later in life.

Temple became active in the Republican Party in California. In 1967, she ran unsuccessfully in a special election in California's 11th congressional district to fill the seat left vacant by the death of eight-term Republican J. Arthur Younger from leukemia.[93][94] She ran as a conservative and lost to law school professor Pete McCloskey, a liberal Republican who was a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War.[95][96]
She was appointed Representative to the 24th United Nations General Assembly by President Richard M. Nixon (September – December 1969),[97][98] and was appointed United States Ambassador to Ghana (December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976) by President Gerald R. Ford.[99] 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.[99][100] She served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992), having been appointed by President George H. W. Bush.[33]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple#Political_ambitions