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Growing up in public is especially hard sometimes.

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Annette Funicello
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 22
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Singer
Television Actor
Utica
New York
Annette Joanne Funicello
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