Publicist Cheryl Kagan told the Associated Press than Temple, known in her private life as Shirley Temple Black, died surrounded by family at her home in Woodside, Calif., near San Francisco.

Time is money. Wasted time means wasted money means trouble.” At age 6, Shirley became a sensation singing “On the Good Ship Lollipop” in the film Bright Eyes.

Born in 1928, Temple rose to fame as a child star in the Depression Era thanks to her star singing and tap dancing in the 1934 hits Stand Up and Cheer and Bright Eyes. But her early rise meant ...