Legendary actress Shirley Temple has died, Times Live Reports.
The former child actress passed away from natural causes at her home in Woodside, California Monday at the age of 85, her agent has confirmed.
Her family said in a statement: “She was surrounded by her family and caregivers.
“We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and… our beloved mother, grandmother [and] great-grandmother.”
Temple landed her first movie role at the age of three and, in 1935, she became the youngest person to receive an Academy Award – a record she still holds – when she won a special juvenile Oscar aged just six.
She starred in over 43 films – including Bright Eyes, Stand Up and Cheer and Curly Top but struggled to maintain her cinematic career in adulthood and retired from movies in 1950, though she continued to work in television.
Following the end of her entertainment career, Temple served as a US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia.
