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Original Mickey Mouse Mouseketeer Annette Funicello Has Died

Dale Mussen — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:16:08 +0000

Annette Funicello, one of the original Mickey Mouse Mouseketeers has died in Los Angeles. One of the best-known members of the original Mickey Mouse Club of the 1950's and later a star of the 1960s beach party films with Frankie Avalon, Funicello died of complications of Multiple Sclerosis, an illness that she battled for 25 years. She was 70.

Annette Funicello Recovers in the Hospital After House Fire

Wendy Lynn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:03:43 +0000

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! Mickey Mouse. I remember rushing home from school to watch the reruns of the Mickey Mouse Club on one of only three channels we got . Our rabbit ears and antenna did eventually get us UHF channels but that’s a whole other story. Back to the Mickey Mouse Club, original cast member Annette Funicello is in stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation when a fire broke out at her LA home.

Original Mouseketeer Hospitalized After Fire

Dale Mussen — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:48:43 +0000

Fire badly damaged the California home of Annette Funicello on Thursday morning. Funicello suffers from multiple sclerosis and was home at the time the fire broke out. The former Disney “Mouseketeer” was taken to a San Fernando Valley hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation and was listed in good condition. Now 68 years old, Funicello rose to fame as [...]