This person died in 2014 at age 85. In the 1930s, she was a determined child actress who sang and tap-danced her way to the height of Hollywood stardom. In 1972 she held a news conference in her hospital room after her mastectomy, encouraging women discovering breast lumps to not be afraid. She was the United States ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976, and to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992. Today’s dead celebrity is Shirley Temple Black. 

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In this installment of Famous & Gravy, we explore the complex life of Shirley Temple as part of a dead celebrity podcast and known for celebrity obituary podcast, by spotlighting values, performance, and transformation. It examines how biography becomes mythology — and what that reveals about us. This legacy podcast explores smart pop culture podcast and contributes to rethinking celebrity legacies.

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