And now Annette Funicello?
Be nice around your elders today. A piece of their childhood just got ripped away.
Her death was announced today via Twitter.
We’re sorry to report beloved Disney Mouseketeer and iconic teen star Annette Funicello has passed away at age 70: twitpic.com/chyte0
— Disney D23 (@DisneyD23) April 8, 2013
Three of the original Mouseketeers have now died.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins