Gina Gilardi Bleifer still has fond memories of her mother Annette Funicello. The legendary Disney ... Bleifer, 54, told Closer Weekly for the magazine’s latest issue there is one memory of ...

My mom’s biological mother and my grandfather ... my mom told me” or “I heard that Annette Funicello apparently was like the Britney Spears of my mom’s era.” That kind of thing.

His mother’s name: Annette Funicello. Funicello was the face of innocent fun, first as an original Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” and then as the star of beach party movies at the ...

"Annette was and always will be a cherished ... "We are so sorry to lose Mother," said Funicello's children, Gina, Jacky and Jason Gilardi in a statement. "She is no longer suffering anymore ...

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story is a really ... degenerating into a show business mother. Lavin is Lavin. Both of Annette’s husbands, as well as the rest of ...

But not Funicello’s. She remembered in 1987: “Mr. Disney said to me one day, ‘Annette, I have a favor ... “We are so sorry to lose Mother,” her children said in a statement.

Annette Funicello, one of the best-known members of the original 1950s “Mickey Mouse Club” and a star of numerous 1960s “beach party” films, died Monday at a California ho ...

By Duane Byrge Annette Funicello, the wide-eyed child star of TV’s The Mickey Mouse Club who became ... “We are so sorry to lose Mother. She is no longer suffering anymore and is now dancing ...