Annette Funicello became America’s sweetheart when she joined “The Mickey Mouse Club” in 1955. She was 12. She charmed fans with her sweet, sunny personality on screen, but her cast mates insist she ...
I grew up with Annette Funicello. She was my favorite older girl on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” a friendly face with a sweet voice. She started on the show in 1955 at age 13, the only cast member ...
Annette Funicello passed away at 70 today due to complications from Multiple Sclerosis following a 25-year battle with the disease. Back in 1992, after the former Disney Mouseketeer and beach movie ...
Annette Funicello, arguably the most famous Disney Mousketeer of all, died Monday in Los Angeles from complications from multiple sclerosis. Funicello was born in 1942 in Utica, N.Y., to ...
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The most popular of the original Mickey Mouse Club ensemble of child Mouseketeers on ABC in the 1950s, Annette Funicello, died today of complications from multiple sclerosis. She and her husband had ...