Shirley Berkowich Brown, wacce ta fito a rediyo da talabijin don ba da labarun yara, ta mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a ranar 16 ga Disamba a gidanta da ke Dutsen Washington. Ta kasance 97.
An haife ta a Westminster kuma ta girma a Thurmont, 'yar Louis Berkowich ce da matarsa, Esther. Iyayenta sun mallaki babban kantin sayar da kayan sayar da barasa. Ta tuno da ziyarar yara daga Shugaba Franklin D. Roosevelt da Winston Churchill yayin da suke tuƙi zuwa hutun karshen mako na shugaban ƙasa, Shangri-La, wanda aka fi sani da Camp David.
Ta sadu da mijinta, Herbert Brown, wakilin Inshorar Tafiya kuma dillali, a wani rawa a tsohuwar Greenspring Valley Inn. Sun yi aure a 1949.
"Shirley mutum ne mai tunani kuma mai kulawa sosai, koyaushe yana kaiwa ga duk wanda ba shi da lafiya ko ya yi asara. Ta tuna da mutane masu kati kuma sau da yawa tana aika furanni,” in ji ɗanta, Bob Brown na Owings Mills.
Bayan mutuwar 'yar uwarta, Betty Berkowich a cikin 1950, ciwon daji na ciki, ita da mijinta sun kafa kuma suna sarrafa Betty Berkowich Cancer Fund fiye da shekaru 20. Sun karbi bakuncin masu tara kudade sama da shekaru goma.
Ta fara ba da labarun yara tun tana budurwa, wanda aka fi sani da Lady Mara ko Gimbiya Mara. Ta shiga gidan rediyon WCBM a cikin 1948 kuma ta watsa shirye-shirye daga ɗakin studio a filin kusa da tsohon shagon North Avenue Sears.
Daga baya ta koma WJZ-TV tare da shirinta mai suna "Mu Bada Labari," wanda ya gudana daga 1958 zuwa 1971.
Nunin ya shahara sosai ta yadda a duk lokacin da ta ba da shawarar littafi ga matasa masu saurarenta, nan take ake gudanar da shi, in ji ma’aikatan dakin karatu na yankin.
"ABC ya sa na zo New York don yin wasan kwaikwayo na ba da labari na ƙasa, amma bayan kwanaki biyu, na fita na koma Baltimore. Na yi baƙin ciki sosai, ”in ji ta a cikin labarin Sun na 2008.
“Mahaifiyata ta yi imani da haddar wani labari. Ba ta son hotuna da za a yi amfani da su ko wasu na'urorin inji," in ji danta. “Ni da ɗan’uwana muna zama a ƙasan gidan iyali da ke Shelleydale Drive mu saurare mu. Ta kasance ƙwararriyar muryoyi daban-daban, tana sauyawa cikin sauƙi daga wannan hali zuwa wani. "
A matsayinta na budurwa ta kuma gudanar da Makarantar Drama na Shirley Brown a cikin garin Baltimore kuma ta koyar da magana da ƙamus a Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Dan nata ya ce mutane za su tare ta a kan titi suna tambayar ko ita ce Shirley Brown mai ba da labari sannan ta gaya musu nawa take nufi.
Ta kuma yi rikodin ba da labari guda uku don masu wallafa ilimi na McGraw-Hill, gami da wanda ake kira "Tsoho da Sabbin Favorites," wanda ya haɗa da labarin Rumpelstiltskin. Ta kuma rubuta littafin yara, “Around the World Stories to tell to Children.”
‘Yan uwa sun ce yayin da take gudanar da bincike na daya daga cikin labaran jaridunta, ta sadu da Otto Natzler, wata ’yar kasar Ostiriya-Ba-Amurke mai sana’ar ceramicist, Ms. Brown ta gane cewa akwai karancin gidajen tarihi da aka kebe kan tukwane kuma ta yi aiki tare da ‘ya’yanta maza da sauran su don samar da babu haya. sarari a 250 W. Pratt St. kuma ya tara kuɗi don kayatar da Gidan Tarihi na Ƙasar Ceramic Art.
"Da zarar ta sami ra'ayi a cikin kanta, ba za ta daina ba har sai ta kai ga burinta," in ji wani ɗan, Jerry Brown na Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. "Na bude idona ganin yadda mahaifiyata ta cika."
Gidan kayan gargajiya ya kasance a buɗe har tsawon shekaru biyar. Labarin Rana na 2002 ya bayyana yadda ta kuma gudanar da Shirin Ilimi na Makarantar Sakandare na Ceramic Art don makarantu a cikin Baltimore City da Baltimore County.
Dalibanta sun buɗe "Loving Baltimore," wani bangon bangon yumbu, a Harborplace. Yana nuna harba, gyale da kuma kammala fale-falen fale-falen da aka yi da nufin ba da ilimin fasahar jama'a da masu wucewa, in ji Ms. Brown a cikin labarin.
“Da yawa daga cikin matasa masu fasaha da suka kera fatuna 36 na bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bangon bango 36 sun zo don ba da shaida ga dukan zane-zane a karon farko a jiya kuma ba za su iya ƙunsar abin mamaki ba,” in ji labarin na 2002.
"Ta kasance da sadaukarwa sosai ga yaran," in ji ɗanta, Bob Brown. "Ta yi farin ciki mai ban mamaki ganin yadda yara ke cikin wannan shirin."
"Ba ta taɓa kasa ba da shawarar maraba," in ji shi. “Ta tunatar da wadanda ke kusa da ita yadda take son su. Ita ma tana son yin dariya tare da masoyanta. Ba ta taba yin korafi ba.”
Lokacin aikawa: Maris 12-2021