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25. Even Donald Duck wanted an autograph

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Tue Feb 11, 2014, 10:27 AM

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Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies [View all] muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 OP

thanks for posting eShirl Feb 2014 #1

nice biography - 2006 SAG Life Achievement Award lapfog_1 Feb 2014 #2

She charmed & cheered America and the world during the Great Depression Divernan Feb 2014 #3

A firm favorite ever since I was a kid dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #4

Wonderful! stopwastingmymoney Feb 2014 #31

Am I the only one who thought she was deceased before now? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #5

No, you're not. LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #7

as that generation leaves us, the 30's do tend to fade more into the distant past. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #20

Oh noooo!!! BumRushDaShow Feb 2014 #6

She was US Ambassador to both Ghana and Czechoslovakia. longship Feb 2014 #8

Somehow this got missed, while her movie star fame prevailed. Weird on a political blog. Scuba Feb 2014 #19

Evidently, she was a different kind of Republican. Aristus Feb 2014 #33

She ran for congress as a conservative challenger to anti-war Republican Pete McCloskey. alp227 Feb 2014 #41

I've stated a couple of times today that she TBF Feb 2014 #55

During the Great Depression she gave hope Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #9

RIP davidpdx Feb 2014 #10

Never too late Paulie Feb 2014 #11

Youtube should have a bunch of them Renew Deal Feb 2014 #21

Oh, I'm sure I'd have no problem finding them davidpdx Feb 2014 #22

I remember being devastated when I was 6, and my dad told me she was a grown up. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #12

That is really touching. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #13

Suddenly, I'm hearing "On the Good Ship Lollipop"...RIP. Historic NY Feb 2014 #14

She meant the world to my mom. Such an awesome talent. Auggie Feb 2014 #15

She was the same age as Mickey Mouse Kablooie Feb 2014 #16

Haven't heard much about him in years, hows he doing? Still alive do you think? marble falls Feb 2014 #24

He's alive. Beacool Feb 2014 #28

Success just never seemed to spoil him. marble falls Feb 2014 #59

I had to reread the message again. Beacool Feb 2014 #62

Now that's funny! marble falls Feb 2014 #63

He never seems to age. Great plastic surgeons out there. Kablooie Feb 2014 #36

Sorry to spoil it for you.... Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #42

Oh jeez, another icon demolished. Next you'll tell me Goofy shat himself to avoid the draft. marble falls Feb 2014 #58

Naw.... Scruffy Rumbler Feb 2014 #61

My daughter loves her drink Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 #17

May she rest in peace Gothmog Feb 2014 #18

RIP and thank you for your wonderful gifts... magical thyme Feb 2014 #23

Even Donald Duck wanted an autograph jakeXT Feb 2014 #25

RIP ...and thanks for the rare honorable government service. L0oniX Feb 2014 #26

I loved her as a kid. cyberswede Feb 2014 #27

She's now traveling on that 'Good Ship, Lollipop'. RIP, cutie. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #29

Sad news. Beacool Feb 2014 #30

Rest in peace warrior1 Feb 2014 #32

Rest in peace. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #34

Her smile was a bulwark against the Great Depression. She almost always played an orphan KurtNYC Feb 2014 #35

That was very nicely put. Beacool Feb 2014 #47

Oh no! SoapBox Feb 2014 #37

RIP, little colonel! shanti Feb 2014 #38

Loved watching her movies with my Mom growing up BuelahWitch Feb 2014 #39

I was going to completely ignore these threads TBF Feb 2014 #40

Ahhhh so the Simpsons' "Little Vicky" character was closer to the truth than I had realized: Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #49

lol...thanks... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #57

And let's not forget the first interracial couple to dance in the movies. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2014 #43

Yes, that's correct. Beacool Feb 2014 #50

black people have always been allowed to take care of and entertain white kids JI7 Feb 2014 #64

I am the second generation fan.... AnneD Feb 2014 #44

Sure, most republicans are. TBF Feb 2014 #45

I grew up in an age when.... AnneD Feb 2014 #48

Nixon and Ford would be called RINO's today KinMd Feb 2014 #66

A wonderful human being The Second Stone Feb 2014 #46

"A wonderful human being and a great Republican" TBF Feb 2014 #56

there was a time The Second Stone Feb 2014 #67

Shirley was a great actress and dancer - TBF Feb 2014 #68

R.I.P. jsr Feb 2014 #51

Best child actor in the history of cinema. RIP. nt NoGOPZone Feb 2014 #52

She was very, very big aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #53

A big, big star...RIP joeybee12 Feb 2014 #54

Shirley Temple Black: 10 political facts Tx4obama Feb 2014 #60

She was a republican philosslayer Feb 2014 #65