Before Britney and Christina, Annette set the pattern ... filming of Back to the Beach that Funicello experienced the first disturbing symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a chronic, often disabling ...

Annette Funicello, whose pubescent pulchritude ... from complications of multiple sclerosis. Her family confirmed she had been in a coma for years before being taken off life support.

In the ever-changing landscape of American pop culture, only a precious few manage to grow up in front of an audience and ...

Annette Funicello, the most beloved of the ... She spent more than two decades in a brave battle against crippling multiple sclerosis and reportedly had been in a coma for several years.

But also in 1987, Funicello was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), a degenerative neurological disease and in 1992 went public with her illness. Later that year, she established The Annette ...

Multiple sclerosis made Annette Funicello a prisoner in her own body, robbing the world’s favorite Mouseketeer of her ability to walk, talk and beam the radiant smile that beguiled an army of ...

Her family confirmed to Extra that Funicello died from complications of multiple sclerosis ... "Beach Party" movies in the mid-1960s. In 1992, Annette announced she had MS. Funicello was married ...

The world knew her as “Annette,” the popular Disney ... A year later, Funicello was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Holt took loving care of her until the day she died.

"I am the girl next door. And I'm not moving." Annette Funicello made that declaration in 1965, in the curiously titled film "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." Playing beach girl Didi in the film ...

Annette Funicello, beloved for her role on "The Mickey Mouse Club" more than half a century ago, has died at age 70 after experiencing complications from multiple sclerosis, according to news reports.

Annette Funicello, the Beach Party star ... Funicello died from complications of multiple sclerosis and was taken off life support after being in a coma for years, her family told Extra.