Wick and I were dead certain it was Annette while Skip demanded it was Karen.
Annette passed on April 8, 2013, the tragic victim of multiple sclerosis.
Well, with Karen's death, all our choices are finally mute--
"Now it's time... 
to say goodbye."
And that, my fellow aged campers, is just so damn sad.
http://www.originalmmc.com/images/Karen/KarenPendleton_med.jpg
ping
I'm 71 ... this hits home.
" ... see ya' real soon ....."
I pretty much grew up with these kids. Simpler times.
“Wick and I were dead certain it was Annette”
My thought, as well. Whenever I go to Orlando...(which is several times a year) all of the “Disney” cues that I see take me back to those simpler times...until I get stuck in the Orlando traffic!
Annette passed a few years ago in 2013:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002088/
My friend loaned Annette her red 450 SL (we were headed for town) for a movie back in the day.
The youngest original Mouseketeer from the mid-1950’s, Karen was my favorite because she was so cute, petite, quiet and unassuming. Most of my friends favored the heavily promoted Annette, who I viewed at the time as an unattractive motor-mouth and overrated camera hog, but was the first to sprout visible hooters.
“Now it’s time to say goodbye...” — RIP, Karen.
I’m 70. Didn’t think she was older than me.
She is the namesake of my dear departed sister who died in childhood. Same hair too. My dad had to leave the room if the MM Club was on.
RIP Karen.
"Gold doubloons and pieces-of-eight ..."
She was my first crush, back when I was 6.
I watched The Mickey Mouse Club everyday, and I always identified with Karen. So sad to hear of her passing.
I was in awe of them all...a magic kingdom indeed.
Condolences to family and friends of Karen Pendleton. Thanks, Karen. love
(Baby’s so high that she’s skying)
(Yes, she’s flying, afraid to fall)
(I’ll tell you why baby’s crying)
(’Cause she’s dying, aren’t we all)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5dwksSbD34
BTW, was reading that Johnny Crawford, famous for the Rifleman, but one of the original Mouseketeers, is suffering from dementia. Been a while.
From Mickey Mouse Club to Drag Queen Storytime. WTF?
RIP.
RIP
