Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple, an iconic child star and the former US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, died February 10 in her home in California surrounded by her family and caregivers. She was 85.

Earlier this weekend, pop culture buffs and the AARP set were all abuzz when word circulated that Shirley Temple, one of America's most famous former child stars, had signed up for a Twitter account. But 10,000 followers -- and a couple tweets to Dick Van Dyke -- later, it turns out that it was all a hoax.