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Annette Funicello Dies at 70 After Long Battle with MS
Annette Funicello, the ultimate Girl Next Door to a generation of Baby Boomers who first fell in love with her on the original incarnation of The Mickey Mouse Club, died Monday after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. She was
Her family told Extra that Funicello passed away from complications of her illness, and they were by her side when she was taken off life support. Funicello had been in an MS coma for years.
"She's on her toes dancing in heaven. No more MS," Gina Gilardi, Funicello's daughter, tells Extra. "My brothers and inom were there, holding her sweet hands when she left us."
With her brunette curls and expressive brown eyes, "Annette," as she was simply known, grew up on the nation's TV screens in her unquestioned role as the princess of Walt Disney's daily afternoon syndicated TV show. She embodied the image of wholesome Eisenhower Era ungdom both on screen an
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'I am DEVASTATED, she was my role model': Britney Spears tweets tribute to fellow Mouseketeer Annette Funicello who dies at the age of 70
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Britney Spears has paid tribute to fellow Mouseketeer Annette Funicello who has passed away at the age of
The pop star, who was also starred in The Mickey Mouse Club in the early nineties. tweeted a statement on Monday.
She wrote: 'I am DEVASTATED to hear about the passing of Annette Funicello She was a role model for me during my days as a Mouseketeer.'
Tribute: Britney Spears has paid tribute to fellow Mousketeer Annette Funicello, who has passed away at the age of 70 after a battle with a long illness
Fan favourite: Annette Funicello, pictured here in the s, has died at 70
Earlier in the day, Britney caused temporary controversy when a reporter asked her what she thought of the sad news and she responded with 'I think it's great'.
But as she wrote her tribute, she made sure to cla
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Remembering Annette Funicello
I was a star-struck 9-year-old when I saw Annette Funicello in person.
Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Morey Amsterdam and Jody McCrea were promoting American International Pictures’ sun-and-surf musical comedy “Muscle Beach Party” and had stopped by a parking structure at the Hillsdale shopping center in San Mateo, Calif., as part of their whirlwind publicity tour.
Hundreds of teenagers, kids and their parents screamed as Funicello appeared wearing a full-length mink coat that the press said was given to her by her mentor, Walt Disney. She sweetly and shyly smiled at the crowd and thanked them for coming. Funicello was joined by the rest of the cast, who encouraged everyone to see the movie. Someone threw out their pictures to the throng.
PHOTOS: Annete Funicello - Career in pictures
Within minutes, they were whisked away; fans ran after the limo as it pulled out of the parking lot.
Some 23 years later, I told Funicello and Avalon this story in a ho