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CARTOON PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Walt Disney proudly holds the Oscar for “Flowers and Trees”

“Flowers and Trees” was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and the first 
cartoon short to use Technicolor.

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LISA WHELCHEL TURNED 50 TODAY

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Mousekeeter Lisa Whelchel

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Lisa Diane Whelchel is best remembered as portraying Blair Warner on the 
NBC television series The Facts of Life (1979-1988). She became a member
of The New Mickey Mouse Club in the mid 1970s.

In 1984,Whelcher was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best inspirational
Performance
for her contemporary Christian album, All Because of You. She
has also been a regular speaker with Women of Faith Christian conferences
since 2009. 

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MAGAZINE AD FROM 1950

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HAYLEY MILLS HAS TURNED 67

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Hayley Mills now

Mills began her acting career as a child, winning the BAFTA Award for Most
Promising Newcomer
for Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for
Pollyanna (1960) and
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year/Actress
in 1961. During her early career, she appeared in several Walt Disney films
and is perhaps best known for her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in
the Disney production The Parent Trap (1961). Hayley is the daughter of
Sir John Mills and the sister of actress Juliet Mills.

     

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ANNETTE FUNICELLO IS DEAD AT 70

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Annette Joanne Funicello
(October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013)

(AP) – Legendary Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello died on Monday
from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she battled for 
more than 25 years. The Disney company said she died peacefully at
Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif. 

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