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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Annette Funicello, America's girl next door who captured the innocence of the 1950s and 1960s as a Disney Mouseketeer and the star of beach party movies, died on Monday at age ...

She was Walt Diney’s most popular cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club and starred, often opposite Frankie Avalon, in a wildly successful series of beach party movies for American International in the ...

Though things didn't work out between Paula Anka and the late Annette Funicello, he still cherishes their time together. During a two-part episode of On Our Way with Paula Anka and Skip Bronson on May ...

Yesterday, April 8, 2013, Annette Funicello - Mouseketeer, beach bunny, and peanut butter enthusiast - passed away after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. The perky teen-queen comedienne was the ...

Annette Funicello, America's girl next door who captured the innocence of the 1950s and 1960s as a Disney Mouseketeer and the star of beach party movies, died on Monday at age 70, the Walt Disney Co.