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Former child actress Annette Funicello - Includes related article on multiple sclerosis
Annette Funicello serves as a spokesperson for National Multiple Sclerosis Society since being diagnosed with having the disease. Annette is involved with teddy bear and perfume enterprises, and says her optimism and outlook stem from the influence of her parents and Walt Disney.See the full content of this document
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Annette fights back.
Annette Funicello wants no pity as she assumes an active role in the .fight against the disease that counts her among its victims--multiple sclerosis.
When Annette Funicello was nudged by an "enquiring" media to confirm the unhappy news that she has multiple sclerosis, she worried about the effect on her fans. In the spotlight for more than 35 years--first as a TV Mouseketeer, then as leading teen in a spate of beach-party films, and finally as spokesmother for Skippy peanut butter--she had always led a charmed life. Nothing bad ever happened to Annette. Her fiercely loyal fans kept her in a time warp, forever wedged between Doreen a...See the full content of this document
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