

Shortly after, she starred in films such as Curly Top and The Littlest Rebel, helping the US cope with the depression of the 1930s. The youngster, who was just six at the time, was seen with her hair in ringlets and wearing a checked pinafore dress, and the memorable rendition made her one of the biggest box office draws of the era. The actress’s face and voice are formed on generations of people around the world as a result of her performance of the song On The Good Ship Lollipop in the film Bright Eyes. She is lived by her children Susan, Charlie jr, and Lori, granddaughter Teresa and great-granddaughters Lily and Emma. ” 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 for fifty-five years of the late and much-missed Charles Alden Black.” She was surrounded by her family and caregivers. Her family released a statement saying: ” We declare with great sadness that ambassador Shirley Temple Black, former Hollywoodchild star and forever ‘America’s little darling’ peacefully passed away at her Woodside, California, home from natural causes, at the age of 85, on Februat 10:57pm (6.57 GMT).

She died peacefully from natural causes at her home in California. They had a son, Charles Alden Black Jr., and two daughters, Susan (from Shirley’s previous marriage) and Lori Black.Hollywood child star Shirley Temple has died aged 85, her family said today. He died from myelodysplastic syndrome on August 4, 2005, at his home in Woodside, California, at the age of 86. He was married to the legendary former child actress and diplomat Shirley Temple from December 16, 1950, until his death. He later served as a consultant on maritime issues and served as a regent for Santa Clara University. He co-founded a hatchery for oysters and abalone and later created Mardela Corp., a fishery and hatchery company headquartered in Burlingame, California, which conducted ventures such as catfish and salmon farming. In the 1960s, Black gravitated to what would become the bulk of his life’s work-aquaculture and oceanography. By the end of the Korean War, he was a lieutenant commander.īlack was an executive at the Stanford Research Institute (now known as SRI International) from 1952 to 1957 and with Ampex Corp from 1957 to 1965. Then in the late 1950s he lived in Hawaii, working as an executive for Castle & Cooke and Dole Pineapple companies. After World War II he received his MBA from Stanford in 1946. He again served during the Korean War as an intelligence officer. He served in the Navy during World War II as an intelligence officer in the South Pacific. After attending Harvard Business School for one year, Black entered the Navy in 1941. His father, James Byers Black, was president of PG&E. Black graduated from Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and Stanford University (class of 1940). Early life and educationīlack was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1919. Charles Alden Black (Ma– August 4, 2005) was a Californian businessman known for his work in aquaculture and oceanography as well as his marriage to Shirley Temple Black.
