My first Infatuation - Annette Funicello

Annette Funicello, Mouseketeer and Beach Movie Actress, Dies at 70

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Annette Funicello, who won America’s heart as a 12-year-old in Mickey Mouse ears, captivated adolescent baby boomers in slightly spicy beach movies and later championed people with multiple sclerosis, a disease from which she suffered, died on Monday in Bakersfield, Calif. She was 70.

Comment: I was 6 or 7 and she was 12 or 13. And I knew for the first time that I liked girls. A statement about my sexuality is here.