dead Annette Funicello

[Octopus of Odstock 2,197]

 

Personally speaking, however, its a real shame. What a brave fight she made and she did so much for MS awareness. From personal experince of an relative suffering from it, her efforts in raising money and awareness to battle it were greatly appreciated and admired

[Ra Ra Rasputin 99]

Bad timing. She's the new Mother Teresa / Farrah Fawcett.

 

Only Doris Day is left from the people mentioned in 'Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee'...

 

Could have a battle of "Grease" vs "Vogue" between Doris Day and Lauren Bacall.

[Davey Jones' Locker 1,324]

Bad timing. She's the new Mother Teresa / Farrah Fawcett.

 

I heard that, in some US media outlets, she actually trumped Thatcher.

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

She was my 3rd hit, this year. Now if only Frankie would cark it.

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

Hah... list 150 names long and only 3 hits?

 

Would you mind awfully if I laughed my head off and said "epic fail"?

[Lewd_Squirrel 331]

go ahead.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Original Mouseketeer and British too, Doreen Tracey, dead at 74, cancer/pneumonia complications. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/doreen-tracey-dead-original-mouseketeer-was-74-1074168

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Tracey

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870435/

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Funicello's  ex-husband and talent agent Jack Gilardi dead at 88: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/six-decade-icm-agent-jack-gilardi-dies-at-88-1241166

 

Repped for Frankie Avalon, Ann-Margret and Jaclyn Smith, among others.

[John Robinson 71]

Karen Pendleton, original Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" dead apparently at 73 from a heart attack... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/karen-pendleton-dead-original-mouseketeer-mickey-mouse-club-was-73-1245964

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Bonni Lou Kern, Mouseketeer, reportedly dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8794947/Original-Mickey-Mouse-Club-Mouseketeer-Bonni-Lou-Kern-passes-away-67-natural-causes.html

[Ulitzer95 12,642]

As the original Mouseketeers begin to enter their 80s next year, seems like a good time to start this. 25 are living, 14 have died.

The Mouseketeers (1955–1959)

Mike Smith 29 Aug 1945 – 03 Dec 1982 (37)
Charley Laney 18 Jun 1943 – 09 Mar 1997 (53)
Tim Rooney 04 Jan 1947 – 23 Sep 2006 (59)
Cheryl Holdridge 20 Jun 1944 – 06 Jan 2009 (64)
Don Grady 08 Jun 1944 – 27 Jun 2012 (68)
Bonnie Lynn Fields 18 Jul 1944 – 17 Nov 2012 (68)
Annette Funicello 22 Oct 1942 – 08 Apr 2013 (70)
Dickie Dodd 27 Oct 1945 – 29 Nov 2013 (68)
Doreen Tracey 13 Apr 1943 – 10 Jan 2018 (74)
Lynn Ready 03 Dec 1944 – 26 Feb 2018 (73)
Larry Larsen 03 Sep 1939 – 30 May 2018 (78)
Dennis Day 12 Jul 1942 – c. 17 Jul 2018 (76)
Karen Pendleton 01 Aug 1946 – 06 Oct 2019 (73)
Bonni Lou Kern 02 Jan 1941 – 28 Sep 2020 (79)
Johnny Crawford 26 Mar 1946 – 29 Apr 2021 (75)
Mark Sutherland 17 Dec 1944 – 26 Apr 2022 (77)
Mickey Rooney Jr. 03 Jul 1945 – 16 Jul 2022 (77)
Bronson Scott 21 Jul 1947 – 04 Sep 2023 (76)
Darlene Gillespie b. 08 Apr 1941
Bobby Burgess b. 19 May 1941
Don Underhill b. 05 Sep 1941
Tommy Cole b. 20 Dec 1941
Nancy Abbate b. 19 Jun 1942
Judy Harriet b. 13 Sep 1942
Ronnie Steiner b. 21 Nov 1942
John Lee Johann b. 23 Dec 1942
Mary Sartori b. 04 Jan 1943
Lonnie Burr b. 31 May 1943
Eileen Diamond b. 15 Jun 1943
Margene Story b. 21 Jul 1943
Sharon Baird b. 16 Aug 1943
Jay-Jay Solari b. 12 Sep 1943
Billie Beanblossom b. 01 Jan 1944
Dallas Johann b. 15 Jun 1944
Mary Espinosa b. 16 Jan 1945
Paul Petersen b. 23 Sep 1945
Cubby O'Brien b. 14 Jul 1946
Linda Hughes b. 22 Oct 1946
Sherry Alberoni b. 04 Dec 1946

[Ulitzer95 12,642]

On 02/10/2020 at 12:50, Ulitzer95 said:

As the original Mouseketeers begin to enter their 80s next year, seems like a good time to start this. 25 are living, 14 have died.

The Mouseketeers (1955–1959)

Mike Smith 29 Aug 1945 – 03 Dec 1982 (37)
Charley Laney 18 Jun 1943 – 09 Mar 1997 (53)
Tim Rooney 04 Jan 1947 – 23 Sep 2006 (59)
Cheryl Holdridge 20 Jun 1944 – 06 Jan 2009 (64)
Don Grady 08 Jun 1944 – 27 Jun 2012 (68)
Bonnie Lynn Fields 18 Jul 1944 – 17 Nov 2012 (68)
Annette Funicello 22 Oct 1942 – 08 Apr 2013 (70)
Dickie Dodd 27 Oct 1945 – 29 Nov 2013 (68)
Doreen Tracey 13 Apr 1943 – 10 Jan 2018 (74)
Lynn Ready 03 Dec 1944 – 26 Feb 2018 (73)
Larry Larsen 03 Sep 1939 – 30 May 2018 (78)
Dennis Day 12 Jul 1942 – c. 17 Jul 2018 (76)
Karen Pendleton 01 Aug 1946 – 06 Oct 2019 (73)
Bonni Lou Kern 02 Jan 1941 – 28 Sep 2020 (79)
Johnny Crawford 26 Mar 1946 – 29 Apr 2021 (75)
Darlene Gillespie b. 08 Apr 1941
Bobby Burgess b. 19 May 1941
Don Underhill b. 05 Sep 1941
Tommy Cole b. 20 Dec 1941
Nancy Abbate b. 19 Jun 1942
Judy Harriet b. 13 Sep 1942
Ronnie Steiner b. 21 Nov 1942
John Lee Johann b. 23 Dec 1942
Mary Sartori b. 04 Jan 1943
Lonnie Burr b. 31 May 1943
Eileen Diamond b. 15 Jun 1943
Margene Story b. 21 Jul 1943
Sharon Baird b. 16 Aug 1943
Jay-Jay Solari b. 12 Sep 1943
Billie Beanblossom b. 01 Jan 1944
Dallas Johann b. 15 Jun 1944
Mark Sutherland b. 17 Dec 1944
Mary Espinosa b. 16 Jan 1945
Mickey Rooney Jr. b. 03 Jul 1945
Paul Petersen b. 23 Sep 1945
Cubby O'Brien b. 14 Jul 1946
Linda Hughes b. 22 Oct 1946
Sherry Alberoni b. 04 Dec 1946
Bronson Scott b. 21 Jul 1947

As posted elsewhere...

Johnny Crawford dead. Hollywood Reporter obit.

24 living; 15 dead.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Tiffini Hale, a former cast member of The All New Mickey Mouse Club, has died. She was 46.

The actress passed away on Dec. 25, Christmas Day, according to her former co-stars and fellow members of the Disney Channel pop group The Party.

SC

[The Immortal 634]

On 02/10/2020 at 17:20, Ulitzer95 said:

As the original Mouseketeers begin to enter their 80s next year, seems like a good time to start this. 25 are living, 14 have died.

The Mouseketeers (1955–1959)

Mike Smith 29 Aug 1945 – 03 Dec 1982 (37)
Charley Laney 18 Jun 1943 – 09 Mar 1997 (53)
Tim Rooney 04 Jan 1947 – 23 Sep 2006 (59)
Cheryl Holdridge 20 Jun 1944 – 06 Jan 2009 (64)
Don Grady 08 Jun 1944 – 27 Jun 2012 (68)
Bonnie Lynn Fields 18 Jul 1944 – 17 Nov 2012 (68)
Annette Funicello 22 Oct 1942 – 08 Apr 2013 (70)
Dickie Dodd 27 Oct 1945 – 29 Nov 2013 (68)
Doreen Tracey 13 Apr 1943 – 10 Jan 2018 (74)
Lynn Ready 03 Dec 1944 – 26 Feb 2018 (73)
Larry Larsen 03 Sep 1939 – 30 May 2018 (78)
Dennis Day 12 Jul 1942 – c. 17 Jul 2018 (76)
Karen Pendleton 01 Aug 1946 – 06 Oct 2019 (73)
Bonni Lou Kern 02 Jan 1941 – 28 Sep 2020 (79)
Johnny Crawford 26 Mar 1946 – 29 Apr 2021 (75)
Darlene Gillespie b. 08 Apr 1941
Bobby Burgess b. 19 May 1941
Don Underhill b. 05 Sep 1941
Tommy Cole b. 20 Dec 1941
Nancy Abbate b. 19 Jun 1942
Judy Harriet b. 13 Sep 1942
Ronnie Steiner b. 21 Nov 1942
John Lee Johann b. 23 Dec 1942
Mary Sartori b. 04 Jan 1943
Lonnie Burr b. 31 May 1943
Eileen Diamond b. 15 Jun 1943
Margene Story b. 21 Jul 1943
Sharon Baird b. 16 Aug 1943
Jay-Jay Solari b. 12 Sep 1943
Billie Beanblossom b. 01 Jan 1944
Dallas Johann b. 15 Jun 1944
Mark Sutherland b. 17 Dec 1944
Mary Espinosa b. 16 Jan 1945
Mickey Rooney Jr. b. 03 Jul 1945
Paul Petersen b. 23 Sep 1945
Cubby O'Brien b. 14 Jul 1946
Linda Hughes b. 22 Oct 1946
Sherry Alberoni b. 04 Dec 1946
Bronson Scott b. 21 Jul 1947

 

Mark Sutherland, Bronson Scott and Mickey Rooney Jr. all dead according to Wikipedia.

 

Also know someone who very recently got into contact with one of the Mouseketeers (keeping his identity anonymous) through knowing his wife and have been relayed some info on the recent whereabouts on members. Here's what I've come to know.

 

Since most of the Mouseketeers are in their 80s and spread all over the USA, there aren't any upcoming reunion plans and probably won't be any now due to age, distance and health reasons. Also mentioned that Jay-Jay Solari is ill.

 

Some of the members still keep in touch, but others (Margene Storey for example) are completely off the radar and at least the Mouseketeer who gave this info isn't too aware of their whereabouts. 

[Comped 529]

10 hours ago, The Immortal said:

 

Mark Sutherland, Bronson Scott and Mickey Rooney Jr. all dead according to Wikipedia.

 

Also know someone who very recently got into contact with one of the Mouseketeers (keeping his identity anonymous) through knowing his wife and have been relayed some info on the recent whereabouts on members. Here's what I've come to know.

 

Since most of the Mouseketeers are in their 80s and spread all over the USA, there aren't any upcoming reunion plans and probably won't be any now due to age, distance and health reasons. Also mentioned that Jay-Jay Solari is ill.

 

Some of the members still keep in touch, but others (Margene Storey for example) are completely off the radar and at least the Mouseketeer who gave this info isn't too aware of their whereabouts. 

Even rarer is the group that came before this - a concept where the Mouseketeers were in a band. Pilot was shot but Walt couldn't get it picked up. I only know of 1 person, since passed, who was involved. No idea how many were involved or who was beyond that one person.

 

I'd expect the Mouseketeers to get qualifying obits though. Too famous in US culture not to get something from the AP or Reuters, or maybe the BBC.

 

(Ironically, to run this around to the topic of this thread more directly, he told me a hilarious story about him trying to woohoo Annette in 1962 or so during the filming of a Wonderful World of Disney episode they appeared in together. To to that all off, apparently Annette lived next to another friend of mine, a lawyer out of Southern California, in the years before she died.)