Awwww Mannnn - I was just thinking about her the other day. I know she has been struggling for years.
http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/08/annett...er-dead-at-70/
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Awwww Mannnn - I was just thinking about her the other day. I know she has been struggling for years.
http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/08/annett...er-dead-at-70/
My Posse's On Broadway
Death Hag
She really hung in there though.. I mean it started over a decade ago with the Tabloids touting her impending death. RIP Annette.
Renowned Death Hag
OMGoodness!!! Sadness Sadness Sadness - Video of her at 70 - may be last known footage, but not sure.... Heartbreaking... http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/annette-fun...rosis-1.984202
Annette and Margaret Thatcher on the same day? I'm not liking this.
Renowned Death Hag
Awww RIP Annette. She seemed like a true sweetheart. I never watched MMC, just seen clips here and there, but I loved her in the movie Back to the Beach in the 80s.
Renowned Death Hag
Yeah, means one more celebrity is due to kick it today.Originally Posted by Joee
RIP Annette
Death Hag
A sad day for Mickey! RIP Annnette, u will be missed!
Hurry back...hurry back...don't forget to bring your....death certificate!! [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Renowned Death Hag
Yeah, means one more celebrity is due to kick it today.
RIP Annette
Yikes!!! The ol' three in a row thingy!!!
Renowned Death Hag
Damn. But at least she's free from pain.
Bless you Annette. RIP dear lady.
Cindy
Renowned Death Hag
What that poor women went through......Rest Easy Annette.....you earned it.
To my Father. Even though you have crossed the plane, you will always be with me.
You were not just my Father, but my hero. My life has been a poor attempt to be like you
You taught me music, vocals, and how to fight. I can only hope I am half the man you are
When I close my eyes I can see you. And finally, Thank you Dad. for everything.
March 1934-July 2016
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Thanks for posting this, Shejay. I would not have even recognized her. How awful. On the bright side, what a wonderful man she married. He is so dedicated and loving to her.
I remember Annette talking one time about how much hair spray they would use on her hair so it would stay still. She said that scenes in open air were the worst because they pretty much gave her helmet head. She always wondered if there was some ingredient in the hair spray or propellant that caused her to get MS.
Any day above ground is a good day.
Renowned Death Hag
Oh my God! That is so horrible I am crying after seeing her. Bless her husband. What a man.
I am showing my age but I mentioned to my husband the other day that we were so lucky to have great role models growing up and Annette Funicello was one of them. What a lovely lady, so sad. R.I.P. Annette.
Senior Death Hag
It is really interesting the "pairings" of deaths..... Lady Thatcher and Annette Funicello.... weird.
Her suffering in her last years has been horrendous. Peace finally. RIP
Senior Death Hag
I always come racing here with the scoop and there is always someone who knows so soon. My goodness you guys are fast. RIP Annette!
I cried for shoes .... til I met a man with no feet.
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Rest in peace.
Senior Death Hag
So sad to hear this news but I'm glad she is now free from suffering. I loved Annette. As a 7-8 year old girl watching those beach movies I wanted to be her. And if I couldn't be her, I wanted that beautiful, black, bouffant hair! I enjoyed her singing, too. RIP Pineapple Princess.
I was too young to remember her from the Mickey Mouse Club, but I do remember her from the Skippy commercials. RIP Annette.
Senior Death Hag
I wanted to be just like her when I was a little girl. RIP Annette.
Renowned Death Hag
How sad, RIP.
I was sitting in the smoking gazebo at school this morning reading an article about some people stealing 5 metric tons of Nutella and thought to myself "What in the world would someone want with 5 metric tons of Nutella? Now, Skippy Peanut butter I can imagine, Nutella, no way" then thought about Annette and the last time I'd heard anything about her. It was the article about her and her husband and how she was doing this year. I come back from the next class and read that she had passed. Isn't it crazy how things like that happen? I was an hour later... I know she's walking again in Heaven and I am positive my mother was there to meet her. She was a big fan and grew up in that area. My heart breaks for her friends and family.I was too young to remember her from the Mickey Mouse Club, but I do remember her from the Skippy commercials. RIP Annette.
I have never read a bad thing about her & she seemed like a truly nice person. I'm glad her suffering is over but she will definitely be missed.
Senior Death Hag
]OMGoodness!!! Sadness Sadness Sadness - Video of her at 70 - may be last known footage, but not sure.... Heartbreaking... http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/annette-fun...rosis-1.984202
Man, once I got past those endless auto-ads my heart broke, what a horrible way for her to go, but what a loving and devoted husband she has ! God bless them both, and to realize that she could barely move - and lost the ability to speak - makes it tragic beyond words. I'm thinking about her appearance on the Pee Wee Herman Xmas Special, with Frankie Avalon. The audio-commentary had several of the cast and crew members reminiscing about how much Annette and Frankie enjoyed being on the show, they both had a great sense of humour (their subplot involved them making Xmas cards. Annette used green paint and a toothbrush on the cards, then she forgot about the paint and used the brush on her teeth, resulting in her teeth being covered in the "green paint" which she showed in a great big grin). Again, what a horrible way to go, and to suffer like that for nearly one-third of her life.
Renowned Death Hag
God bless her husband, Glen Holt. When you look in a dictionary under the words "real man" - you'll find his photo.
RIP, Annette.
VCNJ~
Professional Thread-Killer
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A part of my childhood ended today, God Bless You Annette for all the wonderful memories I have of you, the Mickey Mouse Club, the Beach Party movies and your music. A true lady who faced life with courage, dignity and class. You will never be forgotten.
Today you could be standing next to someone who is trying their best not to fall apart. So whatever you do today, do it with kindness.
Renowned Death Hag
This is such a sad day with the Iron Lady and Annette both on the same day. R.I.P. Annette.
Renowned Death Hag
This is one time I'm glad a celebrity died. Fewer died harder than Annette, her suffering is ended. Now for the most enlightening comment of her life's work: She was smokin' hot in those beach movies!
"Everybody is born, and everybody dies. Being born wasn't so bad , was it?"
Peter the Hermit
This was such sadness to hear....I cried during the interview with her husband. RIP Ms Funicello, rest sweet lady rest.
Death Hag
Don't Ebert, Margaret, and Annette make three?
Senior Death Hag
I didn't see the original MMC until it came back around on the early days of the Disney Channel. I was hooked though, and I remember watching it every day after school. I never saw the Beach movies, but as corny as it was, Back to the Beach has a place in my heart.
The MMC closing from Season 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNK5KzI48mM
RIP Annette
"I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being" --Stand by Me
Death Hag
Now it's time to say good-bye to all our company, M-I-C, see you real soon, K-E-Y, why? because we'll miss you, M-O-U-S-E.
Renowned Death Hag
Uhhhh - the video of her and her hubby just broke my heart. MS is such a BITCH!!! I mean I almost hope she had no idea what was going on - I can't imagine being trapped inside my body unable to do anything!!!
Does anyone know a little about MS? Do you think her mind was still there or was she just existing?
Ohhhh - I just wanted to hug her sweet little neck!!!
I posted something about her on facebook, and my Uncle Jack told me that he and my mother would race home from school to watch the MMC. My mom would get the great big electric floor buffer out of the front closet and use it as a microphone and sing along with Annette. I can totally see my mother doing that!
Senior Death Hag
RIP Annette.
Renowned Death Hag
I'm not sure but I think the mind still works and that would be horrible. To be trapped in a body like that and not be able to communicate. Ughhhh. That would really be torture. They said that she could blink on command and seemed to be communicating so she could probably understand at least somewhat what was going on.
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Hearing is the last thing to go.
It is so depressing seeing her like that.
Renowned Death Hag
I also have to agree about the things said about
her 2nd husband Glen Holt.
Carolyn(1958-2009) always in my heart.
I was at work yesterday and when I read it on TMZ, at the lunch table, every single one of my (younger) coworkers had absolutely no idea who Annette Funicello was.....hurts my heart to even think about what the younger generation has missed!!
My two kids I raised right....Disney all the way, and that included Annette.....my daughter especially loved her, and we watched "Back To The Beach" and "Babes In Toyland" A LOT.....I took to collecting Annette Funicello bears in the 90's......I know it is best for her, but as one of her fans, we will always love and miss you, Annie.....thanks for the entertainment.....you were one of the good ones....
Now it's time to say good-bye to all our company, M-I-C, see you real soon, K-E-Y, why? because we'll miss you, M-O-U-S-E.
Death Hag Extraordinaire
Messed up way to pass. She deserved better. Adios you dark eyed beauty.
Stay in Drugs. Eat your School. Don't do Vegetables.
I noticed that when TMZ and AOL news wrote about her death, the main thing they talked about was her bust size and how she was the object of teen lust. It came across like that was all she was worth as a human being.
I think she was a talented classy lady who will be missed by many. She was one of those stars that spanned several generations. I became a fan of hers when I was a kid growing up in the 80's. I use to watch the old MMC, Disney and Beach films when they use to rerun them at the time. She also did the Skippy ads.
Contrary to popular belief, Annette wasn't the first mousketeer to develop boobs. It was Roy.
Senior Death Hag
OMG, I used to do the same, just with a broom!
"I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being" --Stand by Me
Death Hag Extraordinaire
It was only a matter of time.
I am a sick puppy....woof woof!!!
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Carping the living shit out of the Diem. - Me!!
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I too remember her more for the Skippy commercials- Mickey Mouse club was a bit before my time.
I had a boss who had MS- what a bitch disease. RIP Annette.
Performing my signature monkey hump move since 10/16/2007...
RIP Dad- 11/14/1947 to 12/16/2013
Renowned Death Hag
I had totally forgotten about the Skippy commercials! I definitely remember seeing them now. We were a Jif family.
I have a friend with MS too but it's not nearly as bad as Annette's was and I hope it doesn't progress that far.
It was hard to see her like that in that video. I'm sad she is gone, but glad she is free from that terrible disease. God bless her husband for taking care of her. RIP Annette!
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