American sweetheart Annette Funicello passed away on Monday after a lengthy battle with multiple sclerosis at the age of 70. From childhood she became a beloved Disney television star and a television ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this 1963 file photo, singer Frankie Avalon and actress Annette Funicello are seen on Malibu Beach during filming of ...

Handpicked by Walt Disney to be one of the original Mouseketeers, Annette Funicello was America's girl next door. She spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 about Mickey Mouse ears and why she went public with ...

Nancy Sinatra honored her late friend, Annette Funicello, on what would have been her 83rd birthday more than 12 years after the former Mickey Mouse Club star’s death. On October 22, the singer and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain ...

Actress Annette Funicello, long-time Disney and Beach Party star, passed away on Monday April 8 at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, CA, at the age of 70. She died peacefully from complications ...

Annette Funicello, who was part of the original cast of the 1950's Disney television program, The Mickey Mouse Club, died Monday. She was 70 and had had multiple sclerosis for decades. Funicello also ...

Annette Funicello became America’s sweetheart when she joined “The Mickey Mouse Club” in 1955. She was 12. She charmed fans with her sweet, sunny personality on screen, but her cast mates insist she ...

Today we know all too much about former Mickey Mouse Club stars like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Gosling, but the original Mousekeeter turned teen star was Annette ...

Funnicello charted 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1959 and 1961 (under the name “Annette”). Of those, two went top 10: “Tall Paul” (No. 7 in 1959) and “O Dio Mio” (No. 10, 1960). She ...

As news spreads of Annette Funicello's passing at age 70 from Multiple Sclerosis-related complications, colleagues and fans have begun to share their fond remembrances of the former Mouseketeer and ...

Publicity photo of American entertainer Annette Funicello (circa 1975) holding a photograph of herself as a child star on The Mickey Mouse Club (circa 1955–1958). (Source: Wikipedia) Annette Funicello ...