Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and film star, dies

Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and film star, dies

NEW YORK (AP) —Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” who matured to a successful career in records and `60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in middle age and after, died Monday, The Walt Disney Co. said. She was 70.