Hello All!   
      
   One of the greatest of all blacks died today.   
      
   Shirley Temple Black Dead at 85   
      
   Shirley Temple, the child star phenomenon of the 1930s who went on to a career   
   in international diplomacy, died Tuesday in California at age 85.   
      
   A statement from her family provided to news organizations said she died at   
   home in Woodside, Calif., of natural causes. "She was surrounded by her family   
   and caregivers," the BBC quoted the statement as saying. "We salute her for a   
   life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and our beloved   
   mother, grandmother [and] great-grandmother."   
      
   A string of non-stop hits starting with "Little Miss Marker" in 1934 and   
   continuing with such films as "Captain January," "Poor Little Rich Girl" and   
   "Wee Willie Winkie" captured Depression-era America's heart, keeping the   
   troubled 20th Century Fox solvent.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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