RIP Annette

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/08/176580565/annette-funicello-americas-sweet-heart-has-died

You know, this genuinely saddens me.  This is another person whom I grew up with, and I've never heard a bad thing about her, either.  I will also point out that (I believe) she was the first American performer to try and introduce ska to the States...