- Youngest daughter Lori Black was a part of the punk rock scene of the late 80s and 90s and got addicted to heroin
- In February 1993 Black was busted for heroin possession at the Portland, Oregon airport and had to enter rehab
- She decided to enter a facility near her parents where mother Shirley routinely checked up and helped her daughter get sober
- Following rehab, Black stayed off drugs and took up a career as a photographer
- Temple died from natural causes at the age of 85 on February 10
Shirley Temple was the personification of innocence as the curly-haired and dimpled star of movies like 'Heidi', but as a grown-up mother she faced much darker realities.
Following Temple's death at the age of 85 on February 10, a source revealed how the former child-star saved her daughter from drug addition.
Lori Black, who was Temple's daughter with second husband Charles Black, got hooked on heroin after entering the punk rock scene of the late 80s.
When the child star became a mom: Shirley
Temple, America's first child star (pictured in the 1930s on the right),
died on February 10 from natural causes (On the left in 2006). A source
recently told the National Enquirer about how Temple saved her daughter
from an early grave after Lori Black got addicted to heroin
Addicted: Daughter Lori Black was a part of the
West Coast punk rock scene of the 80s and 90s. In 1993 he joined The
Melvins (right) but continued to battle a heroin addition
Shirley and her little girl: Lori was Temple's
daughter with second husband Charles Black. Pictured above in June 1956
at the Black family's home in Atherton, California
'Lori had a difficult relationship with her mother growing up,' a source told the National Enquirer. 'But when the chips were down, Shirley helped put Lori in rehab and supported her recovery wholeheartedly. She saved her daughter's life!'
Apparently Black was hospitalized twice for drug abuse but struggled staying clean.
She started out playing in San Francisco punk band Crown Alley, but in 1993 became the bassist for The Melvins after dating guitarist Buzz Osborne.
It was while traveling with The Melvins in February 1993 that Lori, nicknamed 'Lorax', was busted for drug possession at the airport in Portland, Oregon.
The following December, when she was 39, Black pleaded guilty to one count of possessing heroin and a second count was dropped when she agreed to two years probation, 120 hours of community service and to pay a fine of $385.
Mom and dad: Shirley Temple pictured with Charles Black, Lori's father, in January 1953
The Temple family: Temple and Black had two
children together, Lori (center) and Charles Jr (right). She also had
another daughter, Susan (left), with first husband John Agar
The sentence also required she attend drug therapy sessions three times a week and submit to random drug screenings.
In a show of mercy, the court let her enter rehab in northern California, where her parents lived and mother Shirley visited all the time.
The source said Temple blamed herself for her daughter's downfall, even though it 'wasn't really her fault'.
Temple even had the whole family go through therapy together so Lori wouldn't have to do it alone.
While there was a rumor Lori died of a heroin overdose in 1998, records show she is alive and well living in San Francisco and working as a photographer after getting sober with her mom's help. She is now 59.
'For Shirley, helping Lori beat her heroin addiction was the most important thing ever,' the source said.
America's first child star: While Temple was
best-known for her career as a child star, she insisted that being a mom
was her greatest accomplishment
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