Annette Funicello, 70, Dies; Beloved as a Mouseketeer and a Star of Beach Movies

Lance Bass, who was in the boy band 'N Sync with former Mouseketeers Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, shared these thoughts: "Now it's time… to say goodbye" to Annette Funicello – my favorite Mouseketeer ( After JC and Justin of course) Trading in theAnnette Funicello, who won America's heart as a 12-year-old in Mickey Mouse ears, captivated adolescent baby boomers in slightly spicy beach movies and later championed people with multiple sclerosis, a disease she had for more than 25 years, died onLOS ANGELES — When she traded in her Mousketeer ears for a surfboard and a modest one-piece bathing suit, Annette Funicello helped create a world as fanciful as Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. It was the land of perfect waves and sparkling sand, in aMissing America's sweetheart. South River, N.J.: Every article I read calling morons like Beyoncé and Jay-Z

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