Nancy Sinatra is celebrating the life of her late friend, Annette Funicello. In honor of what would have been Funicello's 83rd birthday, Sinatra took to social media to pay tribute to her dear friend ...

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Walt Disney’s daughter said the nation lost a consummate professional and one of the loveliest people she has ever known with the death of Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. Funicello, the longtime Disney ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon in a string of `60s fun ...

Mouseketeer turned teen idol Annette Funicello has died at the age of 70 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. NBC News' Chris Clackum reports.April 8, 2013 ...

According to Disney, Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she was diagnosed with in the late 1980s. Born Oct. 22, 1942, Funicello and her ...

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She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls. Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club,'' who matured to a successful career in records and `60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in ...