Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)

Subject: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 01:34 PM

She has died of complications of MS. RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 01:41 PM

obit here

Wow..... Annette. Like so many others of my generation I too loved Annette. But it was how she lived the rest of her life and the person she was as an adult that was so much better............Goodbye Annette.....millions of old fans say thank you.


Spaw

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 02:04 PM

I think she was my first infatuation. Hayley Mills was the second. I watched a lot of Disney as a kid.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 02:15 PM

You and me both Jim. I too was completely gone for Hayley after I first saw her. But Annettte was always there and as an young adult, challenged with MS she showed that beauty was, once and for all, not just skin deep. It was hard NOT to fall in love with her then. Her biography is a good read with a title from a song in "Cinderella"......"A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes."


Spaw

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: GUEST,Niggardly Bastard
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 03:52 PM

RIP Annette

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 03:55 PM

We used to watch the "Mickey Mouse Club" just to see her legs when she danced. Woo-hoo! Hot stuff for 12 year old boys back then!

But the true beauty was inside. Requiescat In Pace.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: artbrooks
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 04:38 PM

Yes. All of that. Every 12-year-old boy's dream.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 04:55 PM

We used to play Mousekateers and all of us..girls at least..wanted to be Annette...she had some sort of rare beauty.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: Midchuck
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 05:06 PM

Oh Gawd...I'm so OLD...she was younger than me...barely.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 05:22 PM

Bummer...

Anette Funicello was the first girl I had a serious crush on...

B:~(

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 06:12 PM

I had a crush on her, too. And then to see her get MS as a young adult and to carry on with such dignity for so long - that gave me a lot of respect for her and for all who suffer from MS.
Her Website: http://annetteconnection.com/
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: GUEST,Bob Ryszkiewicz
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 06:56 PM

Rest in Peace Annette...

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: Rapparee
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 07:42 PM

She was certainly no Margaret Thatcher.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Apr 13 - 09:48 PM

I was 3 years older than Anette, and she was the only reason I watched MM club with my younger brother.

Now I DO feel old...

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 09 Apr 13 - 12:17 AM

Spaw mentioned Annette's autobiography, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes. It was made into a TV movie. Eva LaRue played Annette as a teenager. Annette herself appeared in the film. She was reclining on a couch and spoke softly, slurring slightly and hesitant due to MS, and told children about parts of her life. From the time I heard of her diagnosis, I thought of her whenever I heard anything about MS and wondered how she was.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: Joybell
Date: 09 Apr 13 - 04:22 AM

I loved her too. Feels like the loss of an old childhood friend.
Joy

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: GUEST,Niggardly Bastard
Date: 09 Apr 13 - 05:21 AM

Apparently she lost the ability to speak in 2009.
And she had been in a coma for some time before she died.
Sad.

Subject: RE: Obit: Annette Funicello (1942-2013)
From: JJ
Date: 09 Apr 13 - 08:05 AM

Even if you favored Darlene, as I did, it was impossible to dislike Annette. And when life dealt her a bad hand, she played it with dignity and grace.

May she rest in peace...