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Annette Funicello lost her long battle with MS today. She had been suffering for a very long time. Especially for those of us old enough to remember her on the Mickey Mouse Club this is a sad day.
1 posted on 04/08/2013 10:29:48 AM PDT by Artem55
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I blame Paul Anka.....RIP Annette.
40 posted on 04/08/2013 10:54:06 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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Like every other guy my age, I had a hopeless crush on her!

RIP, Annette! Thanks for the wonderful memories!

41 posted on 04/08/2013 10:54:43 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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That’s so weird. I just had a dream 2 days ago that she stole my car to joyride to Disneyland.

No more late night hamburgers for me.


42 posted on 04/08/2013 10:54:44 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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...sad Annette ping....

RIP


43 posted on 04/08/2013 10:54:54 AM PDT by onedoug
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I remember when she had her tonsils removed. She ate something and her throat started bleeding. She was rushed to the hospital while we Mouseketeer fans waited to find out if she was okay.


45 posted on 04/08/2013 10:58:55 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (My faith and politics cannot be separated)
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She was one of my favorites in the Mickey Mouse Club. RIP.
47 posted on 04/08/2013 11:00:17 AM PDT by Myrddin
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I grew up on the Mickey Mouse Club in the late ‘50s, early ‘60s. Pieces of my childhood are dropping off the grid. Sally Starr died a couple of years ago, and that was a kick in the stomach, too.


49 posted on 04/08/2013 11:02:18 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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Annette originally was from here, Utica, NY. My Dad was a meat cutter at Utica’s Grand Union and worked with her aunt. I missed her by 5 minutes when she was home for a visit and visited her aunt at work.


56 posted on 04/08/2013 11:08:02 AM PDT by Wilum (Never loaded a nuke I didn't like)
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I remember reading that Annette had a teen crush on Guy Williams, Walt Disney’s “Zorro”, so for her birthday Disney gave her a part on several episodes of “Zorro”. I saw those episodes, and she did great.


58 posted on 04/08/2013 11:10:40 AM PDT by FrankR (They will become our ultimate masters the day we surrender the 2nd Amendment.)
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Annette Funicello lost her long battle with MS today

I remember hear on the "M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E' Club. Boy what a sad day.

61 posted on 04/08/2013 11:13:57 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (Go RED SOX....The 101st year of ol' Fenway!)
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Now there was a young woman who came out of the Disney lineup back when the Mouseketeers were decent young people.

When I just mentioned to my husband that she had passed away, he said, “I had a crush on her. Everybody did.”

As a kid of about 10, I thought she was just beautiful, and I even wrote her a fan letter, for which I received an autographed photo.

Seemed like a nice woman. I don’t follow celebrities, but I don’t recall hearing any scandals in the news that were associated with her.


67 posted on 04/08/2013 11:22:40 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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I got Annette, the kids now have Lady Gaga.

Gads, have they been f...er...screwed.


71 posted on 04/08/2013 11:26:44 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Not a fan, but I understand. Intersting phenomenon, but this is not a ploace to analyze it.


78 posted on 04/08/2013 11:42:34 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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I truly feel as if a member of my family has passed. She was the first crush of my life. I was seven and Annette was 12 when she burst onto the scene in "The Mickey Mouse Club" in 1955. She won my heart even while I too young to even know why--

Rest in Peace, My Dear...

91 posted on 04/08/2013 2:47:58 PM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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