Monday, April 08, 2013

Annette Funicello Has Died

Actress Annette Funicello, best known as a child performer on the original “Mickey Mouse Club” and for her beach movies with Frankie Avalon, died on Monday. She was 70.

Posted by ent lawyer at 10:30 AM

39 comments:

  1. Merlin D. Bear10:32 AM

    Thank you, Annette.
    May you rest in peace.
    (And say hey to Uncle Walt for the rest of us)

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  2. Now!10:32 AM

    She had some very difficult final years. Hope she is at peace now.

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  3. Anonymous10:32 AM

    Aww :( RIP

    I loved her beach movies when I was little. She was adorable.

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  4. All about Eve10:33 AM

    RIP Annette, now I will have the Mickey Mouse Club song stuck in my head.

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  5. Trish10:35 AM

    Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!! I loved her. My favorite was Beach Blanket Bingo.

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    1. Gayeld10:44 AM

      @Patricia. The kids look at me like I'm complete lunatic when I start singing that.

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  6. Ms Cool10:36 AM

    Bless her heart. RIP.

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  7. Pip10:36 AM

    That sucks! I loved watching Babes in Toyland as a kid. The original, not the shitty remake.

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  8. parissucksliterally10:36 AM

    Skippy peanut butter commercials through the 80's.

    What a day for death.....

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  9. SusanB10:37 AM

    I remember watching Micky Mouse Club with her on it when I was a child. She's taking a good part of my childhood with her. RIP.

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  10. msgirl10:37 AM

    She died from from MS. Which she had for a very long time, and the past few years she was drifting in and out of consciousness. This is a very sad day for the MS community, she's a hero to us for the way she bravely faced it down.

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    1. Anonymous10:57 AM

      @msgirl lots of <3's !! My bubbi has been fighting ms for years and is the strongest most amazing woman I know. I have all the respect in the world for the ms community

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  11. MISCH10:37 AM

    She was so sick and really suffered those last years. She was my uncles first crush...and adorable in those 60's beach movies...I hope she's at peace...

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  12. Anna Nonymous10:40 AM

    What a sweet fresh faced girl she played. Wasn't she one of the big "It" girls of her time? Rest In Peace Annette.

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  13. Meanie Rhysie10:41 AM

    RIP Annette.

    Anyone recall how the despicable National Enquirer outted her as a drunk and Annette felt she had to reveal that she had MS?

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    1. di butler12:47 PM

      Oh yes. It was awful.

      M-I-C u later, Annette. R.I.P.

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  14. StewMcG10:43 AM

    Oh no... :( She was proof that you could be a former child star without living your life in the tabloids or being a total skank. RIP Annette.

    Oh, and my favorite movie of hers has to be "Back to the Beach". Loved it!

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  15. Izzie10:43 AM

    RIP, Annette. :(

    @Reesie, I never heard that story - how awful!!

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  16. SKOR10:44 AM

    @Meanie Reese: I remember that. Really rude.

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  17. califblondy10:45 AM

    I have a close friend with MS and I know this will be tough for her. I watched all of the Frankie and Annette movies when I was little. Does anyone know why she died in Bakersfield of all places? I remember that terrible pap picture of her in the wheelchair. So sad.

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  18. Agent**It10:45 AM


    The last decent female Muskateer , RIP, Annette.

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  19. auntliddy10:52 AM

    Ive never heard anyone say a bad word about her. Rip.

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  20. surfer10:52 AM

    Meanie - I remember that. So sad.

    Califblondy - I read that their house in Encino burned down last year, so they relocated to Bakersfield.

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  21. Middle-aged Diva (Carol)10:53 AM

    What a brave, brave woman and an inspiration to the rest of us. Heartbroken for her devoted husband, who really did define "commitment" and "til death do us part." Blessings....

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  22. Glitter10:59 AM

    Bless. I loved Annette in all those crazy beach movies as well as her Disney movies. RIP.

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  23. msgirl11:18 AM

    Thanks Alicia - we are VERY TOUGH indeed! A great group of people.

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  24. crila1611:22 AM

    Awwww...RIP Annette. XOXO

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  25. Momster11:43 AM

    I'm betting that at the Pearly Gates of Heaven, Annette gets in before Thatcher.

    RIP--she was a classy lady who would never smack those she worked with.

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  26. Seachica11:48 AM

    Annette Funicello, Roger Ebert and Maggie Thatcher. That is the most surreal trio of deaths ever

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  27. Del Riser11:58 AM

    RIP Annette, I loved her on the Mickey Mouse Club, as did every boy I knew. The sweetheart of Disney.

    I know she fought hard to beat MS,I hope she's dancing!

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  28. Robert 12:22 PM

    Annette was my first celebrity crush at a tender age, and conducted herself with dignity until the end. RIP, Annette, and, as BF said, say hello to Uncle Walt for us!

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  29. Mango1:25 PM

    She was Walt's favorite Mouseketeer. If you google photos of her, she was totally adorable when she was a pre-teen and teen in the MM Club, and I could be totally wrong but I think she was a pin up for teen boys. Think a Betty Grable Jr for the pimple-faced crowd.

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  30. Fairmaiden3272:54 PM

    Oh no. Rest in peace.

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  31. Lisa3:31 PM

    MIC See you real soon Key Why? Because we love you! Mouse!

    RIP dear lady! She was my dear daddies first crush. I sure hope he is getting to see her sing and dance today. Her days of pain are finally over and may she be blessed.

    My thoughts are with her family.

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  32. Jenn4:02 PM

    I told my husband she'd passed and he said she was his first crush when he was a little kid, and then he got very quiet. Annette seemed to be beautiful inside and out. I hope she rests in peace.

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  33. Sherry4:35 PM

    My uncle lost his fight with MS as well..She's shaking her wild bikini on a beach in heaven...You go Annette!

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  34. audrey6:31 PM

    RIP Annette.

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  35. Unknown7:03 PM

    RIP Annette..may they always have the " a net full of jello" dedication inside the muppett vision in Hollywood studios in Dianey World. I was not born during the Mickey Mouse Club days or the beach movie days but I do remember her fro the "Back to the Beach Movie".

    My friend's mother has MS and it is a terrible fight everyday!

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