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Obituaries

Shirley Temple Black | 1928 - 2014

Shirley Temple arrives at her first major premiere for the film "Wee Willie Winkie" in Hollywood.

Shirley Temple arrives at her first major premiere for the film “Wee Willie Winkie” in Hollywood.   (AFP / Getty Images)

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Shirley Temple Black was the most popular child movie star of all time. She lifted a filmgoing nation’s spirits during the Depression and then grew up to be a diplomat.

Shirley Temple - 1940

Shirley Temple at a benefit show June 22, 1940.  (Gordon Wallace / Los Angeles Times)

Shirley Temple - 1949

Shirley Temple in court in Los Angeles Dec. 6, 1949, where she successfully sued her husband John Agar Jr. for divorce.  (Gordon Wallace / Los Angeles Times)

Shirley Temple Black - 1989

Shirley Temple Black testifies before a U.S. Senate Committee during hearings on her nomination as U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia.   (Pancho Bernasconi / AFP/Getty Images)

Shirley Temple - 1998

Shirley Temple Black is greeted by President Clinton during a reception at the White House.   (Chris Kleponis / AFPGetty Images)

Shirley Temple Black - 2006

Shirley Temple Black accepts the Screen Actors Guild Awards life achievement award in 2006.  (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

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