NEW YORK (AP) — Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon on a string of '60s ...

In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and remain beloved across decades. Actress and singer Annette Funicello was one of ...

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 ...

The wholesome actress starred on Disney's 'Mickey Mouse Club' and in several 1960s beach movies with Frankie Avalon. By Duane Byrge Annette Funicello, the wide-eyed child star of TV’s The Mickey Mouse ...

In 1965, Funicello married her agent, Jack Gilardi, and they had three children, Gina, Jack and Jason. The couple divorced 18 years later, and in 1986 she married Glen Holt, a harness racehorse ...

NEW YORK — Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” who matured to a successful career in records and ’60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in middle ...

Funicello died peacefully at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., of complications from multiple sclerosis, according to Disney. Disney first made the announcement via its official fan ...