RIP
LOS ANGELES -- Charles Black, a businessman, maritime expert and the husband of former child star Shirley Temple Black, died Thursday of complications of a bone marrow disease, his wife said. He was 86.
Black died at his home in the San Francisco suburb of Woodside, with his wife of 55 years and other family members by his side. He had suffered from the bone disorder myelodysplastic syndrome for nearly three years.
The couple met in 1950 in Honolulu, where Black had been working for a shipping company. They married that year.
After moving to California, Black started a fishing and hatchery company and worked as a consultant on maritime issues. He served on a U.S. Commerce Department advisory committee.
He also co-founded a company that developed unmanned deep ocean search and survey imaging systems.
Black served as a naval intelligence officer in the Pacific theater during World War II and was warded the Silver Star.