Annette Funicello: 1942-2013

Annette Funicello poses for a photo on the set of the made-for-TV movie "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story" on Sept. 4, 1995.

Funicillo, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" who went on to a successful career in records and '60s beach party movies, died on April 8, 2013, the Walt Disney Company said. She was 70.

Actress and former "Mickey Mouse Club" member Annette Funicello arrives for the 15th annual Italian American Foundation dinner in Washington on Oct. 20, 1990.

Funicello, as a Mouseketeer on Walt Disney's TV series "The Mickey Mouse Club" in 1955

Annette Funicello and Singer Frankie Avalon on Malibu Beach during filming of "Beach Party," in California in 1963.

Cast members of "The Mickey Mouse Club" surround Walt Disney in this undated publicity photo. That's Annette in the lower right-hand corner.

Annette Funicello was 16 when she posed for this photo in January 1959 at New York's Idlewild Airport, later renamed in honor of President John F. Kennedy.

Here is Annette, back at Idlewild again on March 24, 1959, posing with a stuffed animal to promote a Disney movie.

Annette Funicello, right, and former child film star Shirley Temple, left, are seen holding a miniature Oscar statuette at the annual Academy Awards presentations, in Los Angeles, Calif., in April 1961.

As a former Mouseketeer, Annette accepts on behalf of Walt Disney studios the Emmy for best children's programming for "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," at the Emmy Awards ceremony in Hollywood, Calif., May 26, 1963.

Annette poses with motion picture agent Jack Gilardi, shortly after the couple announced their plans to marry, in Hollywood, Calif., Aug. 24, 1964.

Annette is shown performing with the Kingsmen, during the filming of the motion picture "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini." The Kingsmen are, from left to right,: Norm Sundholm, Lynn Easton, and Mike Mitchell.

Newlyweds Annette Funicello and Jack Gilardi leave St. Cyril's Roman Catholic Church in Encino, Calif., on Jan. 9, 1965, following their wedding ceremony.

Here's another shot of Annette Funicello and Jack Gilardi on their wedding day Jan. 9, 1965. (The union would end in 1981, after 16 years and three children.)

Annette holds her infant son, 7-month-old Jason, while watching a revival TV show of the old Mickey Mouse Club series with 9-year-old daughter, Gina, and 5-year-old son, Jack Jr., at her home in Burbank, Calif., on March 11, 1975.

Annette Funicello is seen in this January 1978 photo.

Annette Funicello, then 34, is shown at her home in Encino, Calif., March 13, 1978.

Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon are seen in character in this 1987 publicity shot from the movie "Back to the Beach."

Annette Funicello, left, and Frankie Avalon arrive for the 15th annual Italian American Foundation dinner in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 20, 1990.

Annette Funicello gets set to put her hands in the cement at Walt Disney Studios Theatre, in Burbank, Calif., as she is honored with the Disney Legend Award, on Oct. 21, 1992. With Funicello is her second husband, Glen Holt, right, and Jeff Hofman, left, a Disney Studios official.

Annette shares a moment with Mickey Mouse as her husband, Glen Holt, looks on, during Hollywood Walk of Fame induction ceremonies, in Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 14, 1994. Symptoms of multiple sclerosis made it necessary for Annette to sit a director's chair throughout the ceremony.

Annette smiles for photographers alongside Mickey and Minnie Mouse during a tribute in her honor in Beverly Hills, Calif., Feb. 15, 1997. The Women in Show Business honored Annette for her years of bringing smiles to children of all ages.

At the Women in Show Business tribute Feb. 15, 1997, Annette was kissed by Fabian, as Frankie Avalon looked on.