Saddly reporting Annette Funicello, passed on

[Tonka's Skipper]

http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/08/annette-funicello-dead-dies-mouseketeer-dead-at-70/

*Every guys first love and every girls best friend!*

Rest in peace Annette, say Hi to Uncle Walt for us!

AKK

 

[Tiggerfanatic]

Just read that Annette Funicello passed away. I grew up watching her on the Mickey Mouse Club. A sad day.


http://www.examiner.com/article/annette-funicello-dies-famed-mousketeer-has-passed-away-at-70

 

[BrightImagine]

:-(

 

[articos]

RIP Annette.

 

[lego606]

:'(

 

[AllyInWonderland]

 

[bgraham34]

I got to meet her once, What a great person.

 

[Skooterkid]

RIP Annette. The A-Net-Full-Of-Jello pun in Muppet Vision 3D always makes me smile. Thoughts and prayers to her friends and family.

 

[Acolli18]

Ironic, I was just reading "Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World" yesterday and this was the first time I'd read about the A Net Full of Jello pun. RIP

 

[Bethypoo]

Article said she died of complications due to MS and has been in a coma for years.

Sad end to her life.

I didn't know she had been in a coma for years. RIP

 

[zurgandfriend]

A beautiful lady who always spoke of "Mr Disney" kindly and with reverence. RIP Annette.

 

[BrightImagine]

I can't believe TMZ decided to talk about Annette's in an obit... this is journalism?

She was such a ray of sunshine even as her MS progressed.

 

[prberk]

A beautiful lady who always spoke of "Mr Disney" kindly and with reverence. RIP Annette.

That is true. Unlike so many other more recent child "stars" at Disney, she never felt like she needed to shed the good girl image that she had cultivated so much in her work for Disney. She was truly a good girl, and seemed honored and humbled to be seen as such.

What a blessing.

 

[ThemeParks4Life]

RIP

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Article said she died of complications due to MS and has been in a coma for years.

Sad end to her life.

I am not sure about the coma *for years*. Didn't her home have a big fire 2 years ago..........she was seen in the news footage awake in a wheelchair, being wheeled around the home, looking at it.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I remember watching Annette Funicello on the Mickey Mouse Club, back when the Disney Channel actually aired classic Disney programs. This isn't something fans would like to hear on a Monday morning. God bless her family and may she rest now.

Here's Annette having a great time, singing and dancing at Disneyland, with Bobby Burgess:

 

[I_heart_Tigger]

Yes, I was very sad to hear this today. My afternoon plans of spring cleaning can wait. I have the Annette serial from MMC to watch on YouTube.

 

[fractal]

I am not sure about the coma *for years*. Didn't her home have a big fire 2 years ago..........she was seen in the news footage awake in a wheelchair, being wheeled around the home, looking at it.

You are correct - not years. Looks like I misread it, which I'm glad for.
RIP

 

[George]

Cut and pasted from wikipedia. Unfortunately, her health was bad before the fire -

In 2012, CTV profiled Funicello as an update on her after she had spent fifteen years out of the public eye. The profile revealed that her disease had severely damaged her nervous system; Funicello had lost the ability to walk in 2004 and the ability to speak in 2009, and she now required round-the-clock care to survive. In the profile, Holt and Fabares discussed Funicello's current state, as well as the numerous medical interventions and treatments attempted to improve her condition.

 

[aladdin2007]

She was the real deal, a Disney legend, a great lady, and a what a fighter all these years dealing with MS. Shes smiling with Uncle Walt now.