Saddly reporting Annette Funicello, passed on

[Beholder]

Class, dignity, and kindness. And to think what we have now. She was a great role model and a wonderful representative of "old" Disney. If only we could turn things back sometimes.

God bless Annette Funicello, may she find peace

 

[Magenta Panther]

"Now it's time to say goodbye..."

 

[Goofyernmost]

"To all our company..."

 

[Californian Elitist]

"M", "I", "C"...

 

[Uncle Remus]

Swapped her Mickey ears for a halo. She will truly be missed

 

[DJMoore2011]

See ya real soon

 

[lego606]

K... E... Y...

 

[Jakester]

R.I.P
I hope you and Walt are enjoying the good times now

 

[Californian Elitist]

"Why? Because we like you!"

 

[Californian Elitist]

Disney Parks Blog has posted some beautiful photos of Annette at Disneyland:

http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/04/remembering-annette-funicello-at-disneyland-park/

 

[Goofyernmost]

M...O...U...S...E !

 

[Stu bailey]

Very important female in my life. First time I ever noticed that women developed in certain ways. Was madly in love with her.

 

[Magenta Panther]

I found this wonderful video where Annette recalls her days with the Mickey Mouse Club. It has terrific clips from that show and also from "Disneyland" - and some of those clips are part of the "One Man's Dream" attraction at WDW:

 

[Victor Kelly]

A pity she has passed, we lost a great entertainer who stuck to her image.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

So sad she will certainly be missed!

But I'm happy for her that she can rest in peace and not have to suffer from such a painful disease

 

[JIMINYCR]

Just the best. RIP Rejoined with Walt. Always will be remembered as a woman with courage and class.

 

[prberk]

"Now it's time to say goodbye..."

"To all our company..."

"M", "I", "C"...

See ya real soon

K... E... Y...

"Why? Because we like you!"

M...O...U...S...E !

Beautiful.

For the "young'ns" who were never treated to the original Mickey Mouse Club Alma Mater (closing song), here is what a generation or two of children watched every afternoon, as Annette and crew bid us farewell for the day. This is the full version, which did not always air in its entirety on the shortened reruns that played so many years later:



See ya real soon!

 

[FabulousFigment]

Such a sad day for the Mouse community. RIP.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

The quintessential Disney girl. A real class act.

 

[RoyWalley]

RIP Annette. You will be missed. A true Disney icon.