LOS 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 ...

According to Disney, Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she was diagnosed with in the late 1980s. Born Oct. 22, 1942, Funicello and her ...

From "The Mickey Mouse Club" to "Beach Blanket Bingo" and beyond, Annette Funicello, who died on Monday, was one of America's most beloved stars. Here's a look back at some of the most memorable ...

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 ...

Annette Funicello has died at age 70 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. To many she was the symbol of innocence in the '60s, and her distinguished career included collaborations with both ...

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 ...

As a merry Mouseketeer and then as a big-screen beach bunny, Annette Funicello, who died Monday at age 70, was the first love for a couple of generations of young Americans. (Perhaps not exclusively ...

FILE - In this 1963 file photo, singer Frankie Avalon and actress Annette Funicello are seen on Malibu Beach during filming of "Beach Party," in California in 1963. Funicello helped create a world as ...

According to Disney, Funicello died at Mercy Southwest Hospital from complications due to multiple sclerosis, a disease she was diagnosed with in the late 1980s. Born Oct. 22, 1942, Funicello and her ...

LOS ANGELESLOS 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.