Anka wrote his song hit song "Puppy Love" about Funicello Hulton Archive/Getty Though things didn't work out between Paula Anka and the late Annette Funicello, he still cherishes their time ...

Gina Gilardi Bleifer still has fond memories of her mother Annette Funicello.

Mouseketeer Annette Funicello kept shocking secret Annette Funicello became America's sweetheart when she joined 'The Mickey Mouse Club' in 1955. But according to her former castmates, she kept ...

Annette Funicello's Mickey Mouse Club Ears and $1 Million in Other Rare Disney Memorabilia to Sell at Auction – See the Items| Walt Disney World, Movie News, Annette Funicello ...

SONOMA, Calif. — Linus Maurer, a Minnesota-born cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend Charles Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s blanket-toting sidekick in his “Peanuts ...

Linus Maurer, a cartoonist and illustrator whose old friend and colleague Charles M. Schulz borrowed his first name for Charlie Brown’s blanket-wielding best friend Linus in his “Peanuts ...

Disney chief Bob Iger led a ceremony Monday dedicating the soundstage to Funicello, the Mouseketeer-turned-movie star who died in April at age 70.

"Frankie and Annette" became a brand, a symbol — a final flicker of romantic innocence before the '60s gave way to hippies and "free love." ...

Annette Funicello, center, posed with the three of the actresses who portrayed her in the CBS autobiography movie "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes." Funicello died Monday at age 70.

Annette Funicello, beach blanket feminist During an era of social and cultural revolution, the "Beach Party" star's wholesomeness proved subtly subversive ...

In 1965, when she married her agent Jack Gilardi, Linus said in a Peanuts cartoon, "How depressing. Annette Funicello has grown up." ...

Annette Funicello's most memorable musical moments -- VideoAnnette Funicello, the '50s and '60s teen dream who passed away Monday after a long battle with multiple sclerosis, rose to fame as a ...