Shirley Temple

:For the cocktail named after this person, see Shirley Temple cocktail.

Family and career as Shirley Temple Black

Temple was married first to actor John Agar in 1945; she was then 17, and they had one daughter, Linda Agar in 1948. They divorced in 1950 and later that year she married the Californian businessman Charles Black (1919-2005) and took his name. She may have looked favourably on his admission during their courtship that he had never seen any of her films. Together, they had two children; Lori and Charlie Black. They remained married until his death from myelodysplastic syndrome on August 4, 2005, aged 86.

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John Agar - 1945 - 1948 - 1950 - Californian - Charles Black - 1919 - 2005 - Lori - Charlie Black - Myelodysplastic syndrome - August 4 - 86

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Black subsequently became involved in Republican Party politics, unsuccessfully entering a Congressional race in 1967 on an anti-war platform. She went on to hold several diplomatic posts, representing the United States in the United Nations (1969-70) and as America's delegate to many international conferences and summits. She was appointed American ambassador to Ghana (1974-76). In 1976, she became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States which put in her charge of all State Department ceremonies, visits, gifts to foreign leaders and co-ordination of protocol issues with all US embassies and consultates. She was ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989-92) and witnessed the Velvet Revolution, about which she comments: "That was the best job I ever had."

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Republican Party - Politics - Congressional - 1967 - United States - United Nations - 1969 - 70 - Ambassador - Ghana - 1974 - 76 - Czechoslovakia - 1989 - 92 - Velvet Revolution

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Black appeared on the cover of People magazine in 1998 with the title "Picture Perfect" and again later that year as part of their special report "Surviving Breast Cancer." She appeared at the 1998 Academy Awards and also in that same year received Kennedy Center Honors.

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1998 - Academy Awards - Kennedy Center Honors

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Black served on the board of directors of some large enterprises including The Walt Disney Company (1974–75), Del Monte, Bancal Tri-State and Fireman's Fund Insurance. Black's nonprofit board appointments included the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Council of American Ambassadors, the World Affairs Council, the United States Commission for UNESCO, the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, the United Nations Association and the U.S. Citizen's Space TaskForce.

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The Walt Disney Company - 1974 - 75 - Del Monte - Bancal Tri-State - Fireman's Fund Insurance - Institute for International Studies - Stanford University - Council on Foreign Relations - Council of American Ambassadors - World Affairs Council - United States Commission for UNESCO - National Committee on U.S.-China Relations - United Nations Association - U.S. Citizen's Space TaskForce

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Black received honorary doctorates from Santa Clara University and Lehigh University, a Fellowship from College of Notre Dame, and a Chubb Fellowship from Yale University.

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Santa Clara University - Lehigh University - Notre Dame - Yale University

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Black now lives in Woodside, California.

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