&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/showbiz/annette-funicello-obit/index.html&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Annette Funicello&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, here in the mid-1950s, became famous as one of the original Mouseketeers on &amp;quot;The Mickey Mouse Club.&amp;quot; Funicello, 70, died Monday, April 8, at a California hospital of complications from multiple sclerosis, the Walt Disney Co. said.