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 ...

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 ...

Beloved as one of the most popular Disney Mouseketeers, Annette Funicello went on to star in a series of “Beach Party” movies, became a celebrity spokesperson for Skippy peanut butter and later hit ...

Central New York native Annette Funicello is being remembered by the many stars she worked with and inspired in her decades-long career, which included Walt Disney Co.'s "The Mickey Mouse Club," the ...

LOS ANGELES - Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV's "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the '60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon ...

I grew up with Annette Funicello. She was my favorite older girl on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” a friendly face with a sweet voice. She started on the show in 1955 at age 13, the only cast member ...

Nancy Sinatra is celebrating the life of her late friend, Annette Funicello. In honor of what would have been Funicello's 83rd birthday, Sinatra took to social media to pay tribute to her dear friend ...

She was Walt Diney’s most popular cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club and starred, often opposite Frankie Avalon, in a wildly successful series of beach party movies for American International in the ...

In celebration of Women’s History Month, State Senator Joseph Griffo announced that Utica-born actress Annette Funicello has been recognized by the New York State Senate as a Historic Woman of ...

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