Annette!

Annette Funicello has died. She'd had MS for over two decades, and in recent years had been very ill, so the announcment was not entirely a surprise.

Funicello rose to fame as a Mouseketeer and then became queen of the surf in a bunch of beach movies.  I've long been a fan, and have noted her birthday in the past.  She stopped making public appearances a few years back, just around the time YouTube allowed us to see her in her glory days any time we wanted.