I learned only yesterday that Shirley Temple, the iconic child actress, died earlier this week at age 85. Reports on her death were easy to miss. I went through my usual headline glimpses of various websites and saw nothing. I fortunately caught a “Shirley Temple, R.I.P.” by Aaron Goldstein at The American Spectator.
I was dismayed by the sparse reaction to the loss of this woman who lived a great American life. Had Shirley Temple died 50 years ago, or even 30 years ago, the country would have stopped. People everywhere would have paused to give Temple her due. It would have been the lead in every newspaper and newscast.
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