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Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello dies at 70

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Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello dies at 70 - MSN TV News

Annette Funicello, the 1950s and '60s-era Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer who went on to star in a variety of beach movies with Frankie Avalon, has died from complications related to multiple sclerosis. She was 70.

Actress Annette Funicello, long-time Disney and Beach Party star, passed away on Monday April 8 at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, CA, at the age of 70. She died peacefully from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she battled for over 25 years. Beloved by television viewers in the 50s for her stint on Disney's original "The Mickey Mouse Club," and by film buffs for her numerous roles in a series of popular teen-oriented movies in the 60s, Funicello became a pop culture icon

R.I.P. You know you're getting old when all the celebs from your youth start dying off.

they say death comes in 3s.

Margaret Thatcher
Annette Funicello

who is going to be #3?
 
yea, this news really makes me feel my age
as a very young kid, the walt disney program was IT for me, a TV addict. went from mouse ears to davey crockett coonskin cap
Annette was obviously special among a cast of talented mouseketeers
Shelly Fabres, her best friend, displaced her as my pre-teen love interest over time
but these gals set the bar for the women i would look for once i became of age
thanks for the many, many fond memories, Annette Funicello. rest in peace
 
So her only claim to fame was being a Mouseketeer?

We really never are going to get Lindsay Lohan out of our lives are we?
 
rest in peace, Annette Funicello.
 
So her only claim to fame was being a Mouseketeer?

We really never are going to get Lindsay Lohan out of our lives are we?

There is no comparison between Annette Funicello and the most likely new member of the 27 Club. Annette was the idol of little girls everywhere, and although she never saw herself as a singer, she did have several hits back in her day.

More important, when her husband cheated on her, she said nothing and behaved like a lady, and when she was diagnosed with MS, she kept that private too until persuaded to speak publicly to help others.

See 4:58 and watch a minute:

 
So her only claim to fame was being a Mouseketeer?

We really never are going to get Lindsay Lohan out of our lives are we?

How crast this generation has become when you compare a high class REAL lady like Annette Funicello who did movies as well as sing, to a drugged out whore who squandered her life away?
 
How crast this generation has become when you compare a high class REAL lady like Annette Funicello who did movies as well as sing, to a drugged out whore who squandered her life away?

Maybe I was talking about the shelf-life of Disney celebrities. You just never know.
 
R.I.P. You know you're getting old when all the celebs from your youth start dying off.

Just to be clear, if Annette Funicello is a celeb from your youth, you aren't getting old, you are old. If Kurt Cobain was a celeb from your youth you're getting old. :2razz:
 
Just to be clear, if Annette Funicello is a celeb from your youth, you aren't getting old, you are old. If Kurt Cobain was a celeb from your youth you're getting old. :2razz:

hey...50 is the new 30 ;)
 
Back in the 1850's, the average life expectancy was 38.

that was for an infant. infant mortality and childhood disease killed many, lowering the average. IF you made it to age 10, your life expectancy jumped to 58
 
Just to be clear, if Annette Funicello is a celeb from your youth, you aren't getting old, you are old. If Kurt Cobain was a celeb from your youth you're getting old. :2razz:

Depends on what you consider old. Just because the body may be there, doesn't mean the mind isn't intact and still feeling youthful. It helps to spend a lot of time around younger people and doing a lot of laughing.
 
Depends on what you consider old. Just because the body may be there, doesn't mean the mind isn't intact and still feeling youthful. It helps to spend a lot of time around younger people and doing a lot of laughing.

I think you're taking the joke too seriously.
 
Which was ****ing ancient!

LOLOLOLOL! Right...........Keep telling yourself that. Maybe one day, you'll be fortunate enough to make it there and beyond. 58......LOLOLOLOL and counting........LOLOLOLOL! When the counting stops, the burial begins.
 
LOLOLOLOL! Right...........Keep telling yourself that. Maybe one day, you'll be fortunate enough to make it there and beyond. 58......LOLOLOLOL and counting........LOLOLOLOL! When the counting stops, the burial begins.

See post 19.
 
Nope, I take life seriously as it could be swept away in a heartbeat. Poof........a big dust ball.

I just hope when I'm old as **** I'm still able to take a joke instead of getting my tit in a wringer over everything.
 
I just hope when I'm old as **** I'm still able to take a joke instead of getting my tit in a wringer over everything.

Depends on whether you survive to old age. It's a crap shoot. Make the best of it. Don't be afraid to make a fool out of yourself. But first you need a sense of humor. Purchase one. LOLOLOLOL!
 
Depends on whether you survive to old age. It's a crap shoot. Make the best of it. Don't be afraid to make a fool out of yourself. But first you need a sense of humor. Purchase one. LOLOLOLOL!

Yeah. I'm well known around here for not being able to make or take a joke. My ancient, dust filled vagina gets in the way of my keyboard. LOLOLOLOL!
 
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