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LOS ANGELES (CNN) — Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s “Mickey Mouse Club” and a star of numerous 1960s “beach party” films, died Monday at a California hospital, ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — 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 middle ...

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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 on a string of ’60s ...

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Annette Funicello with her frequent co-star Frankie Avalon, in the 1965 comedy-musical "Beach Blanket Bingo." (YouTube/MGM) Annette Funicello, famed Mouseketeer and star of 1960s beach movies, has ...

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 ...