Crazy Days and Nights: Annette Funicello Has Died

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.

39 comments:

Merlin D. Bear said...: Thank you, Annette.
May you rest in peace.
(And say hey to Uncle Walt for the rest of us); 10:32 AM
Now! said...: She had some very difficult final years. Hope she is at peace now.; 10:32 AM
Alicia said...: Aww :( RIP

I loved her beach movies when I was little. She was adorable.; 10:32 AM
All about Eve said...: RIP Annette, now I will have the Mickey Mouse Club song stuck in my head.; 10:33 AM
Trish said...: Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!! I loved her. My favorite was Beach Blanket Bingo.; 10:35 AM
Ms Cool said...: Bless her heart. RIP.; 10:36 AM
Pip said...: That sucks! I loved watching Babes in Toyland as a kid. The original, not the shitty remake.; 10:36 AM
parissucksliterally said...: Skippy peanut butter commercials through the 80's.

What a day for death.....; 10:36 AM
SusanB said...: 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.; 10:37 AM
msgirl said...: 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.; 10:37 AM
MISCH said...: 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...; 10:37 AM
Anna Nonymous said...: What a sweet fresh faced girl she played. Wasn't she one of the big "It" girls of her time? Rest In Peace Annette.; 10:40 AM
Meanie Rhysie said...: 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?; 10:41 AM
StewMcG said...: 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!; 10:43 AM
Izzie said...: RIP, Annette. :(

@Reesie, I never heard that story - how awful!!; 10:43 AM
SKOR said...: @Meanie Reese: I remember that. Really rude.; 10:44 AM
Gayeld said...: @Patricia. The kids look at me like I'm complete lunatic when I start singing that.; 10:44 AM
califblondy said...: 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.; 10:45 AM
Agent**It said...: The last decent female Muskateer , RIP, Annette.; 10:45 AM
auntliddy said...: Ive never heard anyone say a bad word about her. Rip.; 10:52 AM
surfer said...: Meanie - I remember that. So sad.

Califblondy - I read that their house in Encino burned down last year, so they relocated to Bakersfield.; 10:52 AM
Middle-aged Diva (Carol) said...: 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....; 10:53 AM
Alicia said...: @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; 10:57 AM
Glitter said...: Bless. I loved Annette in all those crazy beach movies as well as her Disney movies. RIP.; 10:59 AM
msgirl said...: Thanks Alicia - we are VERY TOUGH indeed! A great group of people.; 11:18 AM
crila16 said...: Awwww...RIP Annette. XOXO; 11:22 AM
Momster said...: 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.; 11:43 AM
Seachica said...: Annette Funicello, Roger Ebert and Maggie Thatcher. That is the most surreal trio of deaths ever; 11:48 AM
Del Riser said...: 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!; 11:58 AM
Agent**It said...: ^ "mouseketeer"; 12:02 PM
Robert said...: 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!; 12:22 PM
di butler said...: Oh yes. It was awful.

M-I-C u later, Annette. R.I.P.; 12:47 PM
Mango said...: 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.; 1:25 PM
Fairmaiden327 said...: Oh no. Rest in peace.; 2:54 PM
Lisa said...: 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.; 3:31 PM
Jenn said...: 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.; 4:02 PM
Sherry said...: My uncle lost his fight with MS as well..She's shaking her wild bikini on a beach in heaven...You go Annette!; 4:35 PM
audrey said...: RIP Annette.; 6:31 PM
Unknown said...: 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!; 7:03 PM

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