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 ...

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Actress Annette Funicello has died at the age of 70. The former "Mickey Mouse Club" star, who became a national treasure in America thanks to a string of 1960s cult beach movies, including "Beach ...

Annette 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, ...

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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 70, the Walt Disney Co.

Actress Annette Funicello has died at the age of 70. The former "Mickey Mouse Club" star, who became a national treasure in America thanks to a string of 1960s cult beach movies, including "Beach ...