RIP Annette Funicello

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RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:06pm

Annette Funicello, who started her career as a member of the original Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s and became every* teenage boy’s fantasy, died today in Bakersfield. She was 70. She died peacefully from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years.


Sad news. She was a beloved icon, and someone I always admired.


(* perhaps not every teenage boy...)

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Updated On: 4/8/13 at 01:06 PM

#2

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:07pm

Oh No!

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#3

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:07pm

Wow, that is sad.

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KFTC!!!!!

#4

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:08pm

Just heard.

Very sweet lady.

RIP

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#5

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:08pm

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#6

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:09pm

So young!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#7

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:11pm

Crap. RIP Annette.

#8

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:12pm

#9

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:14pm

She was a part of my childhood...

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#10

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:14pm

So sad, got to know her work well from her beach party films when we produced the uk premiere of Psycho Beach Party, RIP xx

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#11

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:14pm

Loved her. To me her late career highlight was on Pee-Wee's Christmas Special, the defining television artifact of the Reagan era.

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#12

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:17pm

For Namo

#13

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:17pm

Egg-zactly!

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#14

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:19pm

Extremely sad to hear this! She was a very talented individual. R.I.P.

#15

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:20pm

No, no, no, no. noooo!!!

My heart just broke into a million pieces!!

#16

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:21pm

She will be missed. What a stunning lady.

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#17

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:29pm

Although the 1961 film, 'Babes in Toyland', had some flaws I really enjoyed her performance as Mary in it.

#18

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:29pm

Funicello's only daughter, Gina Gilardi, said in a statement, "She's on her toes dancing in heaven... no more MS. My brothers and I were there, holding her sweet hands when she left us."



Link

#19

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:42pm

I'm going I watch BABES IN TOYLAND and BACK TO THE BEACH tonight. Such an amazing woman.

Rest in peace....

#20

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:53pm

Oh No!!!I got to meet her for a minute before she got sick.

Rest in Peace Dear Lady

#21

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 1:56pm

Oh...this is rough. I feel like I'm who I am because of Annette Funicello.

#22

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 2:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02oh5Ri4Y0

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#23

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 2:28pm

Very sad. Loved watching her in the repeats of the Mickey Mouse club. Rest in Peace, thank you for all the wonderful performances.

#24

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 2:35pm

Annette sang great covers of the Beatles' "All My Loving" on her "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" album and Eydie Gorme's "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" on her "Annette at Bikini Beach" album.

I actually prefer her version of "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" over Eydie's.

I will be listening to some of my favorite Annette songs and watching the original "Annette" serial from "Mickey Mouse Club" in her honor.

Here is my favorite Annette recording:

FOR ANNETTE

#25

RIP Annette Funicello

Posted: 4/8/13 at 2:41pm

I think I'm going to watch THE MISADVENTURE OR MERLIN JONES tonight. Oh...if I only had the DVD of ESCAPADE IN FLORENCE!