Annette Funicello, 1942-2013

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Annette Funicello, 1942-2013

She was perhaps the most famous Mouseketeer, and one of the originals, but Annette Funicello was also a beach blanket babe transitioning from a child actress to a rom-com beach bunny. After a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis, Funicello died Monday, April 8, 2013.

Working together again after a separation of ten years Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello chat during a break in the filming of another beach movie in Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 1977. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

FILE - In this March 24, 1959 file photo, Walt Disney studio's new star, 16-year-old Annette Funicello, poses with her Shaggy Dog doll, at Idlewild Airport in New York. Walt Disney Co. says, Monday, April 8, 2013, that Funicello, also known for her beach movies with Frankie Avalon, has died at age 70. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 1990 file photo, actress and former Mickey Mouse Club member Annette Funicello arrives for the 15th annual Italian American Foundation dinner in Washington. Walt Disney Co. says, Monday, April 8, 2013, that Funicello, also known for her beach movies with Frankie Avalon, has died at age 70. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this 1963 file photo, singer Frankie Avalon and actress Annette Funicello are seen on Malibu Beach during filming of "Beauty Party," in California in 1963. Walt Disney Co. says, Monday, April 8, 2013, that Funicello, also known for her beach movies with Frankie Avalon, has died at age 70. (AP Photo/File)

Actress Annette Funicello, a member of the Disney Mousketeers in her younger days, poses with her husband-to-be, her manager, Jack Gilardi in Hollywood on Nov. 17, 1964. Annette says they'll be married on January 9. (AP Photo)

Newlyweds actress Annette Funicello and her groom, motion picture agent Jack Gilardi, are leaving St. Cyril's Roman Catholic Church in Encino, Calif., on January 9, 1965, following their wedding ceremony. (AP Photo)

Actress and former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello holds her infant son, 7-month-old Jason, while watching a revival TV show of the old Mickey Mouse Club series with 9-year-old daughter Gina, and 5-year-old son Jack Jr., at her home in Burbank, Calif., on March 11, 1975. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1978 file photo, actress Annette Funicello recalls moments when she played a "Mouseketeer" on ABC's first successful daytime television show,"The Mickey Mouse Club" in Los Angeles, while she was taping an ABC Silver Anniversary Celebration special. Walt Disney Co. says, Monday, April 8, 2013, that Funicello, also known for her beach movies with Frankie Avalon, has died at age 70. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, who co-starred in ?beach party? movies during the 1960s, have their feet in the sand again, Oct. 18, 1978 in ?Frankie and Annette: The Second Time Around,? a musical story on NBC-TV on Saturday, November 18 (9-10 p.m. NYT). In it, Annette is a sorority housemother at a college in Malibu and Frankie is a singer. (AP Photo)

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello in 1977. (AP Photo)

Annette Funicello is shown at her home in Encino, Ca., March 13, 1978. Funicello, 34, was discovered at age 12 to become the 24th and last Mousketeer chosen for the 1950s televison show "Mickey Mouse Club." (AP Photo)

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, who starred in ?Beach Blanket Bingo,? ?How to Stuff a Wild Bikini? and other memorable movies of the mid-Sixties, relax during break in taping of their new movie ?Back to the Beach? in Malibu, Calif., April 13, 1987. They play onetime beach lovers who move to Ohio. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)

Actress Annette Funicello, left, is besieged by news media during a tribute honoring Funicello at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 15, 1997. The Women in Show Business honored Funicello for her years of bringing smiles to children of all ages. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)

Former "Mouseketeer" Annette Funicello gets set to put her hands in the cement at Walt Disney Studios Theatre, in Burbank, Calif., as she is honored with the Disney Legend Award, on October 21, 1992. With Funicello is her husband Glen Holt, right, and Jeff Hofman, left, Disney Studios official. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Mickey Mouse dances around as actress and former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Sept. 14, 1993. Behind her is her husband, Glen Holt. Funicello, 50, who has multiple sclerosis, sat in a director's chair throughout the ceremony. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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Working together again after a separation of ten years Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello chat during a break in the filming of another beach movie in Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 1977. (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

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